Sad-but Cheap Food And Gas Is The Bright Side On My End

Cecil56

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I'm very fortunate and live in rural Iowa. Still have a job, 64 yrs old and all my stuff is paid for, only monthly expenses. A little stuffed away for bad times, just in case I do lose the job.

Farmer's here have no where to go with the livestock, with the packing houses being shut down, but I read Trump ordered them to stay open today. Local locker plants are booked up almost a year in advance.

I'm an old retired deer hunter of almost 5 years now. (bad knees) My buddies and I normally processed about 25 deer per year. Have electric lift, saws, grinders, wrap, freezer paper, etc. We can get the job done for a hog as well.

Found a local farmer today with excess hogs. Bought two 280 LB hogs for $65 each. Hogs average 57% weight after processing. That makes the pork .41 cents per LB. Guess me and two buddies have next Saturday planned and busy! Cheap eating, while Tyson predicts food chain shortages. Time will tell.

Just keeping an eye out for an 1800 LB steer of beef now, on the cheap for us to split up! One buddy has a walk in freezer from a closed up grocery store, so we have a place to keep the meat when out small freezers get full.

I'll be packing a case of cold beer for the farmer's as well, when we pick up the live stock.

Prayer's sent and hope you all are healthy and well.
 
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