Not just meat, that might get cheaper in the shorthand as farmers sell of livestock they can’t afford to feed. So a GREAT time to stock up on meat is right now into the fall!
I’m stocking dairy as well. Those sealed blocks of cheese will freeze (neatly, they stack like bricks) for 1.5 or 2 years depending on the variety. Cojack gets crumbly but still useable (just a PITA to shred). Mozzarella gets a little difficult to shred but still useable and delicious. I put the blocks in a gallon ziploc freezer bag with the air mashed out for extra protections vs. freezer burn.
Butter (in quart ziploc freezer bags to protect vs off smells/flavors and freezer burn) will keep for a couple years as well in the freezer. Put the quart butter bags into a gallon freezer bag and mash out all the extra air.
I also bag up preshredded cheese. Buy the 5lb bags, divvy that up in ziploc sandwich bags and store each of those in a quart freezer bag then those in a gallon freezer bag.
All these bags are re-usable if you’re careful.
Cream cheese will store in the freezer (ditto in freezer bags) but USUALLY isn’t good for ‘fresh eating’. It’s a texture/consistency thing. Also depends on how quickly it froze in your freezer and how long it’s been in there. It IS good for things that use cream cheese and are cooked. No difference there.
Hubby’s hunting camp is stocking up on corn feed for their bambis right now. The bagged stuff is last year’s (bumper) crop.
I’m going to be planting a late crop of dent corn and something called ‘japanese barnyard millet’ (sherckseeds) to feed my chickens. There ae a lot of grains that will make in less than 100 days. You won’t get 250 bushels an acre but you will get something. And something is better than nothing and only costs you the pack of seed and your time.
Although IF you have acid soil, grains usually prefer you add lime first. They (most of them) don’t like PH below 5.5. A cheap $4 bag of lime from a big box store will make a big difference in your yield.
I find that wide mouth quart canning jars are far better for preventing freezer burn and freezer smell than Ziplock bags.
Another thing I’ve had great success with is after wrapping something in plastic wrap, wrap foil around it and seal it well.
Both the glass and metal are better for longevity in the freezer than plastic alone.