Cattle Mania & the Ruling Class

(The views expressed in this column are not necessarily those of the New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association or this publication)

Iknow many of you are happy as cattle prices are soaring. The reporting I’m getting from most places is that they are bringing $4-$12 more than last week and the rally seems to be continuing.

Finally, the rancher is getting more than just a “fair” price or “low” price for his cattle. That doesn’t happen very often.

The part that I still do not understand is why aren’t the ranchers in the packing business as well? It seems to me that a cattle packing co-op between ranchers would be the way to go.

I notice that I never see the National Cattleman’s Beef Association with a program promoting that. Just guessing here, but the only thing I can see the NCBA doing is telling the cattlemen how wonderful they are for involuntarily donating to the “Beef Checkoff” and lobbying for the packers in Washington, so they can continue to screw the beef ranchers.

Last year over $74 million was raised by the Beef Checkoff and over $53 million of it went to NCBA. Just how did any of it go to help the rancher? Does it bother you when the cattle prices are down that the packers make record profits?

I have been talking about this very same problem for over ten years now. When are the cattle raisers going to wake up and quit paying a tax on their cattle to the woke NCBA?

Okay, if you don’t want to call it a tax, then just call it “union dues”. It sounds like Communism to me. Do you realize that the NCBA annual convention is known as “Cattlecon”? Someone told me that the 100 beef board members get a free trip there every year no matter the location. Is that good use for your “Beef Checkoff” dollars?

Alright, so you can go ahead and look up all the leftist policies NCBA has in store for you and maybe you can fight them. I know R-CALF does their best.

On top of that you have a United States President that is probably in the pocket of the leftists. I hope you realize what your food and fuel bill is every month compared to just a few years ago.

We are in the third year of astronomical prices caused by the very government that was designed to be fair for all the people. Not only that, but if you disagree with this leftist government and call them on it, they seem to figure out some way to arrest you.

Stop and realize how well illegal immigrants, dopers, drunks, protesters, leftist politicians, and non-earning lazy folks that can vote, are living off of your hard-earned money. How did you fare with the “alleged” COVID epidemic?

Isn’t it funny that the whole nation had to virtually shut down, but ranchers and farmers had to keep working? Is that because many of us work from home already?

Have you noticed when the country goes into recession the government doesn’t reduce taxes to help people out, they raise them because they are losing revenue.

Just checking, but does the Beef Checkoff rate ever go down to fifty cents when the cattle prices are way off? I have never heard of that happening.

Why not? Does that mean that the woke NCBA can’t live off less when the ranchers are suffering? I would guess that they still need to lobby for those big packing interests. That’s where the money is.

I saw headlines on a cattle magazine last year that the NCBA’s goal was to have “Climate Neutrality” by 2040. Why on earth would the NCBA give a damn about the climate hoax?

Sorry for all the questions folks! I’m just trying to figure out where the word “freedom” fits in the modern cattle business. ▫