Ewww alert: Pink Slime wasn't just a McD thing, baby.

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19. We're seriously thinking about starting to!

We've raised one steer for beef but got more than we could use so we didn't do it again. But now that our horse breeding operation has scaled down (and maybe stopped) we need to do something to maintain our agricultural exemption.

The young man who has been helping us out with the horses would like some cattle around and once he finishes his education, we may work with him to get a few cows and breed a few calves a year. We could raised grass fed beef, sell direct to consumers, and only butcher when we have all the meat from a steer allocated between his family, us and our buyers.

I've got to check into the regulations on selling - I may have to sell through the place that would butcher the meat for us. I know there are farmers around here that are selling beef direct to consumers so it's not impossible.