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Cattle mostly eat what humans can’t digest — grasses, not grains. That energy would go to “waste” otherwise. And the water consumption stats often include rain
by snicker7 5y ago
Cattle mostly eat what humans can’t digest — grasses, not grains. That energy would go to “waste” otherwise. And the water consumption stats often include rain water (“green water”).
- BiteCode_dev 5y agoCattle do eat grains as a supplement to grazing, a drought ration, or in lot feeding. And since lands with grass is limited by space, and seasonality, we also do grow a lot of food for them. E.G: UK stats for 2015/16 of soy imports (3.1 million tonnes) break down: - 1.1 million tonnes for livestock - 1.42 million tones for human food - 0.58 for non-foo products That 35% of the imported soy, just for the livestock food.