The Change in the Beef Industry

While 2020 will certainly be a year that stands out in all our memories, as an elder member of Bachman Family Farms I can speak to many of the changes we have seen over the years. I have been a farmer for over 40 years, and within that time, have seen many changes in the meat industry. I have seen the beef industry evolve from the giant breeds of cattle in the 1970’s that produced 1,500 pound animals to a more efficient, earlier maturing breed that produces a marbled, finished product at 1,200 - 1,300 pounds today...