Do you remember the commercials touting how "California cows are happy cows?"

Apparently they're not as happy as you think. The lack of water (both not falling from the sky, and what's left diverted to some obscure marine creature) is driving them--like their human counterparts--to Texas. (Notwithstanding we're in our own multi-year drought)

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Posted by son of arlo

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Posted on 4/28/14 at 9:45 am to Quidam65

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The national cattle herd is at a 63-year low because high grain prices

We need to figure out how to make cattle survive on ethanol.

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Posted by GeeOH

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Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:02 am to son of arlo

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We need to figure out how to make cattle survive on ethanol.

Well it was corn before ethanol. so I'm sure our government will find a way to turn ethanol BACK into corn, tax it, and feed it to cattle.

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Posted by TrueTiger

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Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:06 am to son of arlo

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We need to figure out how to make cattle survive on ethanol.

or figure out how to capture the methane from a cow's arse and use it to run an engine

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Posted by Elephino

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Posted on 4/28/14 at 11:26 am to son of arlo

It's not an "either/or" proposition. Corn used to produce ethanol leaves dry distillers grain (DDG), which is used in livestock feed due to its high nutritional content. When corn prices fell to below the cost of DDG, ranchers simply shifted to the use of more corn feed. LINK

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