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I feel sad for all the future generations that will be
fapping to AI babes. The human race is doomed.
>I could just quit trying so hard and collect some welfare and food stamps. Let the land sit idle.
They'll prolly make you sell the land to qualify for welfare and food stamps. The impoverishment must be complete for it to work.
>Taking a 25% cut in p th ice of cows
Why would you have to take a cut on the price of the cow?
You weren't looking at a her either.
In my experience, you can't own assets and qualify for 'entitlements' but there may be exceptions.
Sell you beef locally to people like me. I buy sides all the time. Next one is November 2nd. Brings my cost down compared to store bought. I couldn't stand the smell of store bought beef years ago. I still have no idea how they made it smell so bad but we buy local grass fed only now. No GMO or antibiotics.
If there's enough land, christmas trees might be an option. The guy I buy beef from built a stable with a corral and a pasture. He boards horses for city dwellers or folks without enough land.
Depends on the size of the cow. You can look up guidelines online. I buy scottish highland beef. I think they run about 120lbs per side cut and wrapped. I'd have to check the weight. Butcher receipts. Gimme a few…….
Contact your county ag extension office. They will come out to your place and advise you on best use options for your particular land. No charge.
You could have your beef butchered, keep it in your own freezers and sell at local city markets.
For anyone considering purchase of a whole, quarter or side of beef I highly encourage it but keep a few things in mind. You need a back up plan if you lose power and a plan if a freezer dies. Modern freezers all have fucking motherboards in them so be sure to use a surge protector. That's no garantee the freezer won't fail in other ways because modern appliances are shit.
A better choice would be to buy older, pre-electronics freezers. I've got two, one from 1949 that runs at negative 30F at a setting of three and an 80's model Kenmore that runs about negative 15F on a setting of three.
Also get yourself some digital thermometers that give you a readout and alarm (in your house) in case your freezer dies.
>How big of a freezer do you need for a side of beef?
I misspoke earlier. My freezers are about about 15 cubic feet. My first side was from a full size Angus @456lbs hanging weight. I do not know the cut and wrapped weight but it easily fit in my freezer. The Scottish Highland sides I get now are about 210lbs average hanging weight. The hogs I get come in around 100lbs hanging weight. There is some loss due to bone and trim. We keep the tallow and render it down in a slow cooker and keep most of the bones for bone broth/soups and for the dogs.
I highly recommend vintage freezers for cooling capability, and reliability but I still use freezer alarms. The only downside to upright freezers is all the cold air rolls out on them the minute you open the door. Chest freezers negate this. Frequently used items go in the chest freezer and less used things go in the upright to minimize opening/closing it. Gasket material for older freezers is readily available to make your own since NOS vintage gaskets are rare.