We would not have grasslands and prairies today were not for bison. Want to get rid of greenbriar and scrub? Put a bale in the middle of it. The cows will do all the work.
Once upon a time there were millions of Bison.
Many millions more than there are cattle today.
But I guess Bison don't fart.
that and it tastes wonderful
This is nothing new. Congress appropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the study of this in the late 80's and early 90's.
Conversely, there was a study in Canada a number of years ago that measured the gas expulsion of several humans on a daily basis. They found that the average human expels approx. 3 liters of gas per day.
Do some math! 7 billion humans times 3 and the amount of gas expelled by humans far exceeds what a few cows might do.
Grass-fed! LOL! Well, okay. It will be your money and my cost savings!
[Ain’t city slickers great?]
So far the basic premise — Liberals are wrong about absolutely everything — remains rock solid.
***People who advocate eating less beef often argue that producing it hurts the environment.***
80 milliom bison=good!
80 million cattle=bad!
We must all eat grass!
Positively one of the best talks you'll ever see, read or listen to.
Grazing animals are the key.
Plus, grass-fed beef is tastier. I pay extra for it when I can find it.
In agriculture, grass is a roughage. Some roughages are referred to as grasses and are less nutritious for cattle than legumes. Grass is related to grain. Some roughages and legumes are, in fact, grains. Some legumes are perennials. Nearly all cattle eat grasses and grains. Many farmers finish cattle on grains in order to make the cattle healthier. Others sell feeder cattle (weaned cattle roughly 500-600 pounds) at auctions. Many of the feeder cattle purchased go to pastures for finishing. Others go to crowded feedlots. Many cattle confiscated under animal protection laws due to demands from neighboring ranchers, politicians and government employees have been taken by order of judges and law enforcement officers to feedlots. Many things about contemporary agriculture are not as they appear to be from the outside.
On vacation we used to be able to buy Nevada grass fed beef. You can really tell the difference Ummmmmm.
My wife and I are retired and raise grass-fed beef cattle in north central Florida. We’re on fixed incomes so we can’t really afford feeding them corn to fatten them up. They are all plenty fat from eating grass (and our own hay in the winter). We sell some cows at auction every so often for the money but also butcher a steer once in a while to eat ourselves. Before we started doing this, we thought grain-fed beef was supposed to be tastier and more tender because that’s what everyone says. We lived in the big city—what did we know? But not so from our experience raising our own. There is nothing better than grass-fed meat. Lean and tasty. Best BBQd steaks we’ve ever had.
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I try to keep kosher. ‘Don’t eat beef - which is allowed therein - nonetheless ‘cause the kill is too messy, no matter how it’s done.
Fish, poultry, milk and cheese mark my essential diet.
Biblical observance: appx 80%.
We raised our first last year. His name was, ‘Dinner.’ This year, we’re raising, ‘Supper.’ ;)
Mainly grass fed, but hay and grain in the winter months up here on The Frozen Tundra. Dee-lish! Easy on the budget, too. With beef prices as they are, he ended up being about $3.33/pound for ALL cuts; from burger to prime rib! :)