tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790327154193097194.post7055616880447073805..comments2024-03-15T17:19:43.362-05:00Comments on Crystal Cattle: Things You Should Know: Pink SlimeCrystal Cattlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03510248725846780674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790327154193097194.post-70251380687965638312012-04-04T08:39:29.309-05:002012-04-04T08:39:29.309-05:00Caleb, thanks for your comments. I think the aweso...Caleb, thanks for your comments. I think the awesome thing about the beed industry is that we have choices. The problem with this situation is that we are hearing from one group of people. What about the people that just want to run to the grocery store, pick up lean hamburger that night for supper, and don't really think or care about where that beef comes from, it just has to taste good. We have punished those people. <br /><br />The price of beef has the potential to dramatically increase. Without the use of Lean Finely Textured Beef we will need 1.5 million additional head of cattle. Both you and I know that we don't have those numbers, and I don't know if cattle numbers will ever rise to what they once were.<br /><br />Finely, do you think that some of these same consumers would come to the same conclusion if they would have gone directly to the farmer, or BPI and asked their questions, instead of listening to sensationalize media reporting?<br /><br />Thanks for helping keep the conservation going. We are very excited to start to sell some hamburger of our own, and might use you as a resource if we have any questions. This is a great video to check out if you haven't yet - http://crystalcattle.blogspot.com/2012/03/do-you-have-questions-about-meat-and.htmlCrystal Cattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510248725846780674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790327154193097194.post-90887003273075183902012-04-04T08:28:34.675-05:002012-04-04T08:28:34.675-05:00I hope the video helped answer some of your questi...I hope the video helped answer some of your questions!Crystal Cattlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510248725846780674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790327154193097194.post-88465357508391167482012-04-03T12:58:26.770-05:002012-04-03T12:58:26.770-05:00Hey Crystal. First of all, good luck on your wedd...Hey Crystal. First of all, good luck on your wedding this weekend. Otherwise, I like to hear your thoughts on a different point of view from a fellow cattle producer. <br /><br />We are lucky enough to process our own meat, so I will most likely not run across "finely textured" beef products in my house. However, even though I am a big proponent for the beef industry, do you ever think that the industry pushes their processing a little too far with products such as these? To be frank, the images of finely textured beef that I have seen do not pass my own "yuck" factor and I would not prefer to eat these products...and I'm a beef producer. How then can we expect the less agriculturally educated consumer to want to eat these items?<br /><br />I respect the highly efficient use of our meat resources, however, understand consumers concerns and would prefer to see less processing of my product (such as finely textured beef products) so that my friends and family outside of agriculture continue to respect and demand my beef.<br /><br />It seems to me that when the beef industry receives an attack such as this, our immediate response is to fight back, defend ourselves and talk about the lack of education that the general public has. But, when do we simply listen to consumers and say "You're right", this isn't very appetizing? I'd love to hear your thoughts.<br /><br />Caleb SchultzCalebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10896854773201974000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790327154193097194.post-89110191728402024382012-03-30T10:21:58.633-05:002012-03-30T10:21:58.633-05:00Thanks for this post. I'm going back and watch...Thanks for this post. I'm going back and watching the video now.The Southern Wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974493485504393360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790327154193097194.post-19942969174984979772012-03-30T09:54:45.737-05:002012-03-30T09:54:45.737-05:00Thanks for the info. The FAQ page on beefisbeef.co...Thanks for the info. The FAQ page on beefisbeef.com is a good explanation of stuff as well, I posted it on my facebook page to inform "non-ag" people in a gentle way.J.Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08279391530302988346noreply@blogger.com