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hernesheir commented on the word cow-calf units
"Beef: Its What's For Dinner", or so proclaim the signs posted on the large cattle farms in the rural legacy ranches and beef producers' spreads where I reside. Cow-calf units are pregnant heifers sold at auction that will birth in the springtime and provide new calves for the beef producer to raise and market later for a profit. In the western U.S. I heard them called "springers" or "spring cows".
January 20, 2009
bilby commented on the word cow-calf units
Unit? Another linguistic trick for turning a sentient being into a spoke in the profit machine.
January 20, 2009