Wagyu (和牛, Wa gyū, "Japanese cattle") is any of the four Japanese breeds of beef cattle.
In several areas of Japan, Wagyu beef is shipped carrying area names. Some examples are Matsusaka beef, Kobe beef, Yonezawa beef, Mishima beef,[1] Ōmi beef, and Sanda beef. In recent years, Wagyu beef has increased in fat percentage due to decrease in grazing and an increase in using feed, resulting in larger, fattier cattle
U.S. health authorities and most doctors do not recommend using it to prevent or treat COVID-19, citing a lack of clear evidence on whether the drug works. Yet myths and beliefs around the drug have taken on a life of their own, fueled by a small group of doctors whose views diverge from the medical consensus, by right-wing commentators and by internet groups where people share tips on sourcing and dosing.
The thing about Ivermectin cultural wars, is not the stupid people who are making themselves sick taking it, but all the farmers and homesteaders with sick livestock that can't get an essential dewormer for their livestock. Folks goats, sheep and other stock are literally dying because of idiots buying up the supply of this essential pesticide.
Jay Sharkey, owner of The Farm at the End of the Lane in Greene County, was among more than 100 small dairy farmers in the Northeast to receive notice this summer that his creamery, Maple Hill, would no longer pick up his milk next year. That will leave Sharkey with nowhere to send the 1,000 pounds, or about 116 gallons, of milk his farm yields per day.
Sharkey searched for other places to send his milk—“I contacted Horizon and they’re not taking any milk; I contacted Organic Valley, they’re not taking any milk”—but had no luck. Horizon Organic, which is owned by the multinational conglomerate Danone, announced at the end of August that 89 farms across the Northeast will be losing their contracts in August 2022.
Sharkey says Maple Hill let go of 30 farms, but official details remain scarce. The Kinderhook-based creamery did not respond to requests for comment. But Sharkey says there are three reasons Maple Hill is dropping farms: not enough milk, poor quality milk, or the farm is too far away from other Maple Hill-contracted farms. That third reason was the one Sharkey was given in his letter.
Farming is real. It’s a bit of a war against natural order – fighting weeds, bacteria and disease but also is highly dependent on sustaining natural systems and remaining close to the land. It’s about mud and blood, manure, life and death.
Farming is dirty – after all its about turning mud and manure into crops and ultimately feed or food. Livestock poops a lot. Bugs, bacteria and mold can be gross but it’s part of the natural processes and the cycle of life that so much of urban life is distant from.
High performance animals like used on professional dairies such as Holsteins or Yorkshire pigs on hog farms can make people forget why different stock is raised for different purposes. Professional farms feed a lot of grain and grass in controlled rations so it’s easy to forget animals unique strengths.
Goats are browsers, they are best for cleaning up areas of brush and woody areas. Their thing is brush not pasture, they aren’t miniature cows.
Cows on the other hand are grass eaters. They turn land that isn’t good for crops into valuable forage that cows can uniquely break down grass and turn it into milk and meat. Grass grows a lot of places where other crops won’t.
Pigs are organic recyclers. Dairy farms had them traditionally to drink waste milk not fit for human consumption. Homesteaders gave them food scraps and spoiled bread.