Farmers weigh trucking cattle to greener pastures
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin farmers with dwindling feeds supplies due to drought-stricken fields are considering trucking their cattle to greener pastures to the north as the dry spell continues.
Dick Cates produces range-fed Angus and Jersey beef near Spring Green. Cates says difficult times demand creative solutions. He says it's not unheard of to move cattle around, but the Wisconsin farmer doesn't necessarily think in those terms. He says there's a lot of grass in northern Wisconsin and hay is getting very expensive.
Alfalfa, for the most part, has stopped growing in much of southern Wisconsin. Dane County extension agent Lee Jennings tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that some farmers are chopping corn early for silage and are planning to plant a second crop in its place, hoping for rain in the future.
Jul 14, 2012 at 8:03 p.m.
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"Where's the beef?" Clara Peller
Jul 14, 2012 at 2:40 p.m.
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mynulf...Way to express your opinion without being insulting.
Jul 13, 2012 at 9:46 p.m.
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You surely don't want to eat a steer or heifer that is totally pasture fed, you need to finish them off properly with the right grains.Trust me the flavor speaks for itself
Jul 13, 2012 at 4:42 p.m.
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Morons all of you....
Grass is better for the cow AND the human that eats the cow. Do your homework.
Jul 13, 2012 at 1:39 p.m.
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Feed a Jersey steer a High carbohydrate diet; nothing better-- feed it grass= not so good.
Very few spent milk cows become filets; low grade hamburger ,yes.
Jul 13, 2012 at 1:23 p.m.
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Rusty - good thing I breed and raise my own I guess huh
Jul 13, 2012 at 12:21 p.m.
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Gee, and to think we should have to survive like our ancestors did. Pasture fed beef. How prehistoric. But I bet we would live and it sure beats the other side of the coin. Let the beef starve and then we have none. I basically do not care what kind of cow my beef comes from. I am just thankful I have it.
Jul 13, 2012 at 10:16 a.m.
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-6824, I'll bet you would be surprised what breed of beef your hamburger came from! Those filets you buy on sale at the store? Milk cows!
Jul 13, 2012 at 9:06 a.m.
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Range fed jersey beef?? I bet I have a pair of shoes that would taste better.
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