Comment on Why is the consumption of Meat considered bad

• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  most cows eat mostly grass most of their lives. they also eat silage. and yes there is corn, but that’s not the bulk of any cows diet

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  • fkn@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not in industrial farms. There is no grass there. They don’t bring hay.

    It’s literally a sales pitch in the US to disambiguate corn fed and grass fed cattle.

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    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      you just don’t know what you’re talking about. cattle are raised in the field and then finished on feed lots.

      grass fed just means that the cattle were only fed grass. but all cattle eat grass

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      • fkn@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Only until they are weaned. Then onto the feed lot they go and corn they eat.

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• Nuklia@lemdro.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • fkn@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    95% of all cattle feed is corn in the US. Raised to 600lbs or so before being put on the feed lot. Finishing in this case can be the final 400-600lbs fed on 95% corn.

    About 40% of all corn grown in the US is grown exclusively for feed nearly all of which is used within the US.

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