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grain prices tend to filter through about 12 - 18 months ..to the price index....the markets alot shorter UP big time from bread to meat something else to look forward to. more grain for me then

The increase in meat prices is crazy, even tinned meat. I see we are getting meat from even more countries now. Was at the wholesalers yesterday and normally they carry British and Brazilian beef, saw Polish, Uruguayan and some where else I do not see beef from before. A lot of it could be down to herd offloading due to the increase in feed prices, but I would rather see cheaper tinned products than more fresh.

A lot of the stuff now being sold as beef in the UK is in fact not beef as we know and accept it to be, its from a type of bovine cattle that is popular in South America but its actually got a hump on its shoulder , its cheaper to raise than real beef cattle but its meat is much much tougher and the steaks are like eating a shoe.

That would be Brahman cattle - they can be tough, that toughness has been found from American bloodlines - in South American, a lot of the Brahmans are crossed with Angus / Herefords and a lot of the herds of Brahman type come from bloodlines developed in Southern Africa.

I bough a piece of Uruguayan rib eye that made 6 massive steaks for 1/3 the cost of British beef. While I will agree British beef would be so much more tender, when you look at it on price terms it becomes a luxury item.

Braham that does ring a bell, anyway the last bit we had we ended up feeding to the mutt cos we couldnt eat it.