"Lou Decruss" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:59:45 -0400, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:37:53 -0500, Lou Decruss wrote:
>>
>>> I find this disturbing. I can't believe there isn't another way to
>>> deal with it. Government cheese for all?
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...IVvfwD9BJ9LA82
>>>
>>> Lou
>>>
>>> DES MOINES, Iowa - A milk glut has dairy farmers across the U.S.
>>> killing hundreds of thousands of cows to try to reduce the milk supply
>>> and boost prices.
>>>
>>> More than 225,000 cows have been killed this year through a program
>>> run by the National Milk Producers Federation. It pays farmers going
>>> out of business to slaughter their cows, rather than sell them to
>>> someone else. Agriculture experts say another 55,000 cows are being
>>> killed each week outside the program.
>>
>>yikes! i wonder where the meat is going.
>
> 5 pound plastic tubes of ground beef at walmart. Ya get what ya pay
> for.
>
> Lou

Most of it probably goes to the soup companies. It would probably be canner
grade.

Ms P