Sick cows don't always mean lost money, and farmers don't work hard to preserve the aspects of the cow's health that doesn't cost them money. For example, it's

Sick cows don't always mean lost money, and farmers don't work hard to preserve the aspects of the cow's health that doesn't cost them money. For example, it's actually cheaper to keep cows in conditions that would cause any animal to suffer from depression, than to care for their mental health. It may seem weird to talk about the mental health of beef cattle, but we're not talking about beef cattle, we're talking about workers, whose mental health absolutely does matter.