The Goat Pen

With chickens I don't think it matters, but most male pigs that are put into the food chain are castrated early on. I don't think they even use any males for direct breeding, all the sows are artificially inseminated. More efficient...

hedge wrote: Every pig and chicken now is virtually a genetic twin of every other one, bred to produce the most meat (and in the case of chickens and turkeys, the most breast meat, b/c that's what people want to eat)

silicone or saline?

Does Monsanto produce pot seeds?

I wouldn't be surprised in the least if they did. They certainly would want to be in a position to hit the ground running if and when pot is ever legalized nationwide...

I would be shocked if most legal pot didnt already come from Monsanto and that they lobbied for medical use and regulation to sell it.

aTm wrote:I would be shocked if most legal pot didnt already come from Monsanto and that they lobbied for medical use and regulation to sell it.

I wouldn't be so sure - people have been dedicated to growing and improving the THC content of pot for decades , probably as fervently as Monsanto ever dreamed of doing and in places like Colorado or wherever its legalized.

Plus there were a ton of companies jumping on the bandwagon with the expectation that pot would be legalized. Of course the mom-n-pop probably never thought to patent their shit.

Yeah, I doubt Monsanto would take a chance on getting involved at this point, but I would be surprised if they didn't have stuff going on behind the scenes in order to be ready on day one if it ever becomes legalized on the federal level. Also, it's more likely that they'd be using their technology to make a poison resistant variety for use on industrial hemp being grown in large acreage rather than trying to develop higher potency stuff that is grown on a relatively small scale...

not to mention the people growing it ain't gonna give a fuck about patent law and seed piracy anyways. They've been growing it under pool covers, remote forest lots and with basement grow lights for years.

Yep, it would be very difficult to keep any kind of control on a patented seed in a market that is so small scale. It's different when you're growing 3000 acres of soybeans, which it's kinda hard to find a basement that size to hide it in and enough florescent tubes to grow it with...

that's it. I'm done eating bought meat.

You're not done beating meat, though...

with god's help

Saint wrote:that's it. I'm done eating bought meat.

why bought meat?

Goldsboro Milling is a player in the pork business, but their big money component is turkeys. They own Butterball.

Wendell Murphy of NC State fame and the Leuders were the ones that really pioneered this. Then came the Maxwells shortly thereafter.

Murphy was a big hog grower, sold all his product to Smithfield, hog market tanked about 10 years ago and Smithfield bought him out, but he stayed in the feed business. Now Smithfield owns the hogs and buys feed from Murphy Brown. We sell alot of corn and wheat to them, as well as to Goldsboro Milling. Goldsboro is, I believe, the #1 turkey producer in the country and also a major producer of chickens. They are not as big in pork, but b/c of their feed business and already being set up in the turkey and chicken growing business, they have been able to remain in the pork business as well. Not sure if they sell to Smithfield or have some private label stuff of their own. Probably both...

oh the generic pig, chicken thing?

that doesn't bother me all that much

although we have made a decision to cut way back on red meat for health reasons, but chicken - give me the big cheap steroid filled bastards.

Your voice has been heard...

you're better off eating grass-fed beef than chicken.

So, one of the quant analysts on my team had her last day yesterday. So, I did the normal stuff and took the team out to lunch and said complimentary things about her (all true, she was an extremely hard worker and the most organized staff member on my team). We did not get any alcohol (for no real big reason, we just didn't...I wouldn't have given a shit). After we get back to work I had a slew of meetings and when I got back to my office to do some shit I realized that it was 3pm and I doubted that she would be in the office much longer. So, I stopped by her cube to say goodbye and give her a hug. When I did, she whispered some generally nasty (not full on Sasha Grey type of nasty, but definitely not anything expected at work between a staff member and a boss) shit in my ear. Then she let go of the embrace and said "wasn't able to say that before today, but HR is not an issue anymore."

I was caught off guard and said "you're a maniac, woman" and then moved on with my conversation like what just happened didn't happen. That was a first for me and I thought I was running out of opportunities for firsts.