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Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:15 pm to AgGator
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:15 pm to AgGator
Cows have not evolved to eat a grain and corn diet. You will never convince a cow to eat corn and grain over grass if they are given the option. That diet will eventually kill them if we don't do unnatural things to keep the cow alive while it is being force fed an unnatural diet.
Sure, we like to grow them as big and fat as possible, and the cheapest and fastest way to do that is corn. Thanks to farm subsidies feedlots can buy that corn cheaper than it costs for farmers to grow it. The grain/corn diet only came into being when our farmers got ahold of chemical fertilizers and started producing huge surpluses of corn. We've to do something with it so, we pile thousands of cows into feedlots and force feed them grain/corn diets that they are not evolved to eat.
I will concede that I was wrong about the grass feeding prior to slaughter. However, the drugs given to cows must be managed closely, as some are not at all good for human consumption.
Sure, we like to grow them as big and fat as possible, and the cheapest and fastest way to do that is corn. Thanks to farm subsidies feedlots can buy that corn cheaper than it costs for farmers to grow it. The grain/corn diet only came into being when our farmers got ahold of chemical fertilizers and started producing huge surpluses of corn. We've to do something with it so, we pile thousands of cows into feedlots and force feed them grain/corn diets that they are not evolved to eat.
I will concede that I was wrong about the grass feeding prior to slaughter. However, the drugs given to cows must be managed closely, as some are not at all good for human consumption.
This post was edited on 7/14/20 at 2:26 pm
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Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:24 pm to LegendInMyMind
It is similar to living in Michigan and being able to go to a grocery store and buy a ripe tomato in the middle of December.
We use unnatural products to force a plant to do unnatural things. Pick a tomato green in Florida, truck it to a packing plant, put it in a crate, close the crate, gas it, and ship it. When it arrives in Michigan and the crate is opened, that tomato, and all the rest will be "ripe". It is the reason a tomato can fall off a harvest truck going 60 mph down a highway, hit the grown, and not even have a bruise on it. It is also the reason that you are hard pressed to buy a decent tomato in a store.
We use unnatural products to force a plant to do unnatural things. Pick a tomato green in Florida, truck it to a packing plant, put it in a crate, close the crate, gas it, and ship it. When it arrives in Michigan and the crate is opened, that tomato, and all the rest will be "ripe". It is the reason a tomato can fall off a harvest truck going 60 mph down a highway, hit the grown, and not even have a bruise on it. It is also the reason that you are hard pressed to buy a decent tomato in a store.
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:39 pm to LegendInMyMind
Cattle will readily consume grain while on pasture. It's why self-feeders have to have the gates closed to about an inch. It's why we have to limit what we put out if hand-feeding. There is no force-feeding involved.
There are microbes in the rumen that are primarily starch digesters and microbes that are primarily fiber digesters. They are all present, its just a matter of which proliferate more based on diet. We are just managing pH. Cattle are perfectly able to consume grain based diets if feeding management is sound.
If it wasn't for feedlots we wouldn't have the supply of beef that we do. There is no other way to produce the amount needed to meet demand in the US without it.
There are microbes in the rumen that are primarily starch digesters and microbes that are primarily fiber digesters. They are all present, its just a matter of which proliferate more based on diet. We are just managing pH. Cattle are perfectly able to consume grain based diets if feeding management is sound.
If it wasn't for feedlots we wouldn't have the supply of beef that we do. There is no other way to produce the amount needed to meet demand in the US without it.
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