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Leo Woman's avatar

Supply differences are likely related to the time it takes to raise livestock from birth to meat or egg production (i.e., the turn-around time to raise chickens or turkeys is much quicker than the time to raise beef).

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Donna in MO's avatar

True. I have friends and family who raise small herds of beef cattle. Takes a lot of land and it's a tough business, including calving in blizzards and environmental over-reach. The only 'poultry farmers' I know are people with a half dozen or so chickens in their backyard. Although I do have a friend with acreage who puts corn out for the wild turkeys. Far as I know, she has not harvested any....

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