A farmer speaks

[Mik]

How difficult would it be to get the necessary PPE to these folks? Or is there something else behind it.

[Horace]

VDH is a farmer, introduced as such in a long form interview I heard with him from a couple days ago. Safe so say he is not one of those condemning out of hand the folk who want to open things back up.

[jon-nyc]

I just hope we as a society don't prevent the price system from solving this problem.

Not holding my breath. We seem to like shortages.

[kluurs]

I have a brother who lives nearby and was a butcher for 40 years. Push comes to shove, we can buy a cow, pig, whatever and be good to go for a while.

[mark]

@kluurs let me know I have 1.5 empty upright freezer sections of two refrigerators.

We are going coop with some friends up here soon...

[Larry]

I've got tons of beef.... fresh too.

[kluurs]

@Larry said in A farmer speaks:

I've got tons of beef.... fresh too.

BBQ at Larry's this summer.

[LuFins Dad]

Completed my beefalo order today because of this. I added a bit more on for friends, bought about 25 lbs of various pork, but chicken was already low. No whole birds to be found, I bought 3 lbs of breast and pre-ordered a half dozen birds for June. I’m going to miss chicken...

Think I will get a couple more packs of ribs tomorrow.

[LuFins Dad]

Also signed up for a 18 farm fresh eggs a week.

[Larry]

@kluurs said in A farmer speaks:

@Larry said in A farmer speaks:

I've got tons of beef.... fresh too.

BBQ at Larry's this summer.

You'll have to shoot the cow...

[George K]

@Larry said in A farmer speaks:

@kluurs said in A farmer speaks:

@Larry said in A farmer speaks:

I've got tons of beef.... fresh too.

BBQ at Larry's this summer.

You'll have to shoot the cow...

IOW, you'll have to invite Jolly.

[jon-nyc]

Cuomo launched an initiative just today to buy dairy products from NY farmers that lost their markets and distribute it to food banks downstate.

[LuFins Dad]

Probably going to have to bypass a whole bunch of safety regulations...

[LuFins Dad]

Can we get Ford to quit building ventilators and start building machines to harvest these animals?

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in A farmer speaks:

Can we get Ford to quit building ventilators and start building machines to harvest these animals?
Yeah. Funny about that.

All the ventilator hysteria has really pissed me off. Trump is still talking about it today.

[LuFins Dad]

22 million unemployed and we can’t get these animals butchered and move the line?

Right now it’s chicken, Pork in a week, Dairy within a month, and beef to follow. Produce in the fall and winter...

[jon-nyc]

We can if we allow the price system to solve the problem.

[jon-nyc]

900 in a single plant.

https://thehill.com/homenews/news/495564-nearly-900-workers-at-tyson-meat-plant-in-indiana-test-positive-for-coronavirus?amp&__twitter_impression=true