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Cattle feed is more than grass

• maerF0x0 5mo ago
  Correct, but many lands like parts of Alberta and Texas are not very good for growing foods humans can eat. So you may as well get marginal additional calories out of the non-productive land via cellulose digesters.
• skeeter2020 5mo ago
  depends on the phase of development. Most beef is pasture fed for a significant period, maybe supplemented with extra feed in the winter, but still grass, etc. It's only near the relatively short end they are consolidated & finished at the feed lot.
  • cute_boi 5mo ago
    > Most beef is pasture fed for a significant period Citations please. When i looked into internet [1] it says "approximately 95% of the cattle in the United States continue to be finished, or fattened, on grain" [1] https://extension.psu.edu/grass-fed-beef-production https://extension.psu.edu/grass-fed-beef-production