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Wouldn’t reducing the number of cows increase total food supply? I’m not saying that NL should reduce their cow supply, but your logic seems flawed. Even for d
by mjmahone17 4y ago
Wouldn’t reducing the number of cows increase total food supply? I’m not saying that NL should reduce their cow supply, but your logic seems flawed.
Even for dairy production, cows consume a lot more calories than they provide on the other end. If fewer calories are going to feed cows, then more would be available for other uses.
- Kerrick 4y agoThat depends entirely on what the cattle are being fed. If they are grazing pasture that cannot be planted in row crops (e.g. too hilly, too gravelly), or if they are eating the waste products of other food production (e.g. corn stalk silage), then they are eating calories that would never have been available for human consumption.