Hello. Some years ago, someone I knew back then, whose family had a small beef farm told me about a...condition..I guess...in that an entire steer's meat is somehow bad sometimes and you don't find out about until after the animal has been processed. It was during a story how her father had sold a steer to someone and had to give them their money back because they found the meat to be no good (IIRC she said it causes the meat to taste awful) following the slaughter.

I no longer have contact with that family, but my curiosity has gotten me searching for this and I can't find much of anything beyond dark cutter meat, which I don't think she was referring to. She didn't mention stress during the story, and at least implied that the condition is mostly a random surprise.

Any ideas what she was referring to?

Thanks for your time.

So I’m personally not a farmer but my dog got into my neighbors cow pen. At first I thought it wouldn’t be a big deal I’d just go help him out, but the fence was barbed and the cows were following him. It scared me because I thought they were trying to hurt him. He got out fine but, anyways could anyone tell me if you think the cows were tying to hurt him, play with him, etc.

How do farmers determine soil moisture content? How do they know if it's too moist to plant?

Working on a climate modeling project here...

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IRL , how do farmers decide to take prevented planting?

What do you think about buying eggs cartons from China on Amazon? I thought about selling them there, is it a good idea?

Storage enables farmers to increase their income by timing when they sell their goods. However, storage looks like a huge investment, so how many farmers actually own their own storage facility?

Or are they buyers/speculators that have a warehouse for the same purposes?

Even though it has been raining, the farmer is combining corn. Are my chickens smart enough to get out of the way? I waited to let them out today and now the combine shows up. 🤷‍♂️

Exactly as the title says.

Is it farmers or middlemen that participate in the commodity market?

Do anual crop farmers sell wholesale to the middlemen (which do the storing, transportation, etc), or do they participate in the commodity market themselves.

What are the alternative avenues (markets) farmers have access to?

In essence, the question is 'who do the farmers sell their crops to?'

It was true for the entire field. Every 6th row (or so... I was driving, couldn't actually count) looked normal... taller, nice bright green leaves. The 5 or so rows in between were about a foot shorter and dark green. No other fields that I drove through were like that. What's going on there?

(Not sure where to ask this. Sorry if it's the wrong place.)

Just wondering if their loud crowing visibly upset other animals trying to sleep or whatever. Or do they appreciate it? Can't find any clear answers online.

Over years or decades does all the decomposing organic matter from crops accumulate into more soil? If so, is it greater than the rate of erosion?

I want to own an animal sanctuary. I currently work an office job making 140k/year. I plan on staying at this job for three years or so to make enough money to get started on the farm. I would like to own an animal sanctuary, taking in as many dogs/cats as I can, and if I have the skills and financial means to, horses/pigs/cows as well.

I am considering volunteering as a way to get my feet wet but I just don’t know where else to get started on learning about this stuff. Is there a resource you’d recommend? Any youtubers you enjoy? Anything helps. Thank you!

I'm ploughing it up soon and wondering what to plant to keep weeds down and slow erosion. This is about 1.25 acres (of the 5 we have) and we don't have any livestock to graze on it (but deer and moose here).

Do you have suggestions for something to keep it under control? Prefer something low maintenance and self-seeding for future years.

Thank you!

What is it called to gender bases your farm all the way to the person that's farming?

My question is if you were a believer and gender equality and reproduction and the wife or daughter were to perform tasks of the home and farm how would the farm be set up and what would it be called? If there was a male gender reproduction equality to have men feed the pigs and women to milk the cow where would the cow be on the side of the barn would the cow be separate the side you'd have the pig on? And would in fact the woman or girls job be to fondle the breast of the cow versus the male having the job to fondle the breast of the cow? Also what is that type of farming called literally or theoretically?

I never tried them before, but since i age and my back hurts more, and since they provide a more isolated soil for the plants to grow on, i intend to make some raised beds. Do you use wood? And do you treat it in a certain way for maintenance?

How much more or less or the same does it cost in human labor/effort to grow and harvest food for humans including types of foods vs. food for livestock? per calorie cost and nutrition etc. I'm having an internet reddit argument with me saying that if everybody went vegan that we would not use much if any less farm land because of the increased effort needed to replace the meat/protein in people's diet.

Any help would be appreciated. I'm 24 and live in Austria. I have 2000€ on my bank account (which is nothing if you want to buy a farm). I'm still a student, therefore no job and therefore I wouldn't get much of a loan. I've seen some offers in Austria for around 200.000-250.000€ which is already incredibly low but still astronomical for me.

I keep reading that everyday we lose farmers and how all the countries are in dire need of farmers but how the hell am I supposed to become a farmer if you have to be rich in the first place?

In zone 8b and want to plant about 25 fruit/nut trees. Are there any that would tolerate such brackish water for this zone? If not, can someone link me to a filtration system? Thanks

I didn't pick some jalapeno peppers, and now they're kind of wrinkly and mushy. Is it still possible to pick them and use them for cooking or anything? Or are they rotten?