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Beef production: Good use of resources

  • 06-07-2014 12:14am
    #1
    Mac Taylor
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    Regardless of current price fluctuations, has beef production got a future here or anywhere for that matter. From what I've read and see myself, it cannot be described as a good utilisation of resources. The production of chicken and pork would seem to be better at converting to meat. To produce beef, we need manure, grain/nut, silage (alternative energy source) etc etc. Could all this energy be better used in feeding a growing population. Any views?


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  • #2
    severeoversteer
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    Mac Taylor wrote: »
    Regardless of current price fluctuations, has beef production got a future here or anywhere for that matter. From what I've read and see myself, it cannot be described as a good utilisation of resources. The production of chicken and pork would seem to be better at converting to meat. To produce beef, we need manure, grain/nut, silage (alternative energy source) etc etc. Could all this energy be better used in feeding a growing population. Any views?

    I think mono farming is the biggest problem

    mixed farming has its benefits in that the cattle manure is used to grow grain , straw to bed cattle etc etc

    when one is bad the other is good and so forth


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