Living entirely off of game meat.

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Originally Posted by jaycee

A lot of Township and County bylaws in Southern Ontario state that you must have a minimum of 10 acres before you can raise livestock , ie; cows , at least that is the way it was a number of years ago when we bought out in the country, some may have relaxed those bylaws.

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North Grenville, no minimum, you just have to be zoned rural and go by the 1 AG unit per 2 acres rule.

I have seen those rules though, it can make or break a place to live.

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Originally Posted by fishy steve

probably get a whole cow for under $3/lb

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The last time I bought a split side from my neighbour, about 5 yrs ago, it was basically his cost at 3.45 lb. I imagine that has gone up over time. He unfortunately passed away 2 yrs ago and I haven't bought any beef since so I don't know what a side of beef costs directly from a farmer.

Bylaws mean nothing when you have good neighbors. I like the saying "Back Off Government This Is My Land. Never seen a bylaw I liked. ;)

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Originally Posted by jaycee

A lot of Township and County bylaws in Southern Ontario state that you must have a minimum of 10 acres before you can raise livestock , ie; cows , at least that is the way it was a number of years ago when we bought out in the country, some may have relaxed those bylaws.

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Originally Posted by jaycee

A lot of Township and County bylaws in Southern Ontario state that you must have a minimum of 10 acres before you can raise livestock , ie; cows , at least that is the way it was a number of years ago when we bought out in the country, some may have relaxed those bylaws.

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ya thats what i ment by depending on the towns bylaws... up here it varys by township, in powassan you need 5 acres to even have a chicken in east ferris its 25 acres to own livestock, my township goes by 1 acre per large animal, yet all these places allow horse riding stables who own a fair chunck of property board like 10-20 horses in an area that less than a acre... poor things dont even know what grass looks like lol

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Originally Posted by MikePal

The last time I bought a split side from my neighbour, about 5 yrs ago, it was basically his cost at 3.45 lb. I imagine that has gone up over time. He unfortunately passed away 2 yrs ago and I haven't bought any beef since so I don't know what a side of beef costs directly from a farmer.

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yes but alot of farmers would rather sell it to you alive at $1/lb than to send it to a auction where they might only get 1.5/lb and have to pay auction fees, trucking fee's, pay a fee to the beef farmers of ontario.

I always bought a Bull from my friends dairy, he always had some. Last time I bought one was about 9 years ago thing I paid him .45/pound on the hoof and .50 pound to the butcher. So .95/pound in total from start to finish.

My township no requirement for live stock
Unless you live In the specified area..

You got me thinking and inquiring minds wanted to know, so I dropped into the local Butcher on the way in to town this aft and spoke to the owner.

He says beef cost are really high and no sign they are gong to come down. His last buy of a split side for a customer cost him over $5/lb. Sounds high if you usually buy it that way, but when he showed me his steaks at $17/lb....$5/lb was looking like a good deal. :)

I think the cutting cost at an abattoir is now in the range of $3.50 /lb for a cow.

It's not cheap to raise your own meat.

It's now 3.5/pound for cut and wrap??? Wow. Where I went there was also a kill charge of 50.00. Wonder if that went up?

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Originally Posted by MikePal

You got me thinking and inquiring minds wanted to know, so I dropped into the local Butcher on the way in to town this aft and spoke to the owner.

He says beef cost are really high and no sign they are gong to come down. His last buy of a split side for a customer cost him over $5/lb. Sounds high if you usually buy it that way, but when he showed me his steaks at $17/lb....$5/lb was looking like a good deal. :)

I think the cutting cost at an abattoir is now in the range of $3.50 /lb for a cow.

It's not cheap to raise your own meat.

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Originally Posted by fishy steve

yes but alot of farmers would rather sell it to you alive at $1/lb than to send it to a auction where they might only get 1.5/lb and have to pay auction fees, trucking fee's, pay a fee to the beef farmers of ontario.

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A few years ago a farmer near me had his buffalo escape.. Had a free buffalo that year.