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Here an article in spanish claiming that Argentina, one of the countries with biggest pastures for livestock, gets one of the best CO2 ratings, challenging the

Here an article in spanish claiming that Argentina, one of the countries with biggest pastures for livestock, gets one of the best CO2 ratings, challenging the common belief that meat is bad for the environment: https://www.clarin.com/rural/nasa-derribo-mito-vacas-posiciono-argentina-pocos-paises-balance-positivo-carbono_0_eowm3xn3Hc.html https://www.clarin.com/rural/nasa-derribo-mito-vacas-posicio... The srticle in spanish is based on the NASA release, but it makes claims beyond those in the original article.

gus_massa 4y ago
Autotranslation for the lazy: https://www-clarin-com.translate.goog/rural/nasa-derribo-mito-vacas-posiciono-argentina-pocos-paises-balance-positivo-carbono_0_eowm3xn3Hc.html?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es-419&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-clarin-com.translate.goog/rural/nasa-derribo-mit... It would be nice to see some hard numbers, because that article was an interview to two experts of the "Argentinean Beef Promotion Institute" (or something like that, sorry for the bad translation). Cows here eat much more grass and less grain than in other countries. I can't find the numbers of how much surface is used by agriculture and how much by husbandry. And it's more complicated because inn spite a big part of the cows life is free and eating grass, there are a lot that are also eating grain. (I think, close to the time to kill them to get the beef.) So some corn/soybean/alfalfa production is indirect beef production. And in the last years the amount of cows got reduced a lot, and I think Uruguay has more cow in proportion. Also, there are some recent method to make agriculture more soil friendly like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-till_farming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-till_farming that also claim to capture carbon. So I'm skeptical the result is so clearly related to beef.

gus_massa 4y ago

Autotranslation for the lazy: https://www-clarin-com.translate.goog/rural/nasa-derribo-mito-vacas-posiciono-argentina-pocos-paises-balance-positivo-carbono_0_eowm3xn3Hc.html?_x_tr_sl=es&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=es-419&_x_tr_pto=wapp https://www-clarin-com.translate.goog/rural/nasa-derribo-mit... It would be nice to see some hard numbers, because that article was an interview to two experts of the "Argentinean Beef Promotion Institute" (or something like that, sorry for the bad translation). Cows here eat much more grass and less grain than in other countries. I can't find the numbers of how much surface is used by agriculture and how much by husbandry. And it's more complicated because inn spite a big part of the cows life is free and eating grass, there are a lot that are also eating grain. (I think, close to the time to kill them to get the beef.) So some corn/soybean/alfalfa production is indirect beef production. And in the last years the amount of cows got reduced a lot, and I think Uruguay has more cow in proportion. Also, there are some recent method to make agriculture more soil friendly like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-till_farming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-till_farming that also claim to capture carbon. So I'm skeptical the result is so clearly related to beef.