The country was now informally governed by a council of the leading dairy farmers and wizards. And the situation was not altogether good. An oversupply of milk was causing prices to drop. The milk boom looked like it might be followed by a milk bust. There were several new varieties of cheese in development, but these were only a stopgap.
Farmer Jack, the owner of the cow formerly known as Queen Beth, was now the richest landowner in the kingdom as "Ol' Bessie's" milk was extraordinarily valuable. He had discovered political gifts and was considered the leader of the council. He exhaled, and began "There are other industries we could get into. The one I was thinking of was"
Everyone knew what the next word was going to be. Everyone had been waiting for someone else to say it.
"Beef."