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arrow-up1665arrow-down1external-linkPlant Milk Is Better For Us and the Climate. So Why Do We Subsidize Dairy?www.motherjones.com@jeffw to politics • edit-21 year agomessage-square516cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agonot only can we do that: we DO that. but there frankly isn’t enough human use for that, so it would be wasted if we didn’t feed it to animals.
minus-square@DarthFrodolink2•edit-21 year agoIf the rest of the plant would be wasted, it would be more economical to just grow another plant that’s more efficient for oil production (canola, sunflower), not soybeans which are incidentally the crop highest in protein. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/area-per-tonne-oil It’s not grown in such quantities because it’s essential but simply because there’s demand for the extra protein from factory farms right now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agosoybeans are grown for nutrient fixation in rotation with corn. they’re more of a soil crop than an oil crop.
minus-square@DarthFrodolink2•edit-21 year ago Among the cereals, the most prominent as a source of energy is corn. Between 70% and 80% of its production is used as a feed ingredient worldwide. https://www.veterinariadigital.com/en/articulos/importance-of-corn-in-animal-production/ “We need animal agriculture because we need to grow the feed plants to grow more feed plants for animal agriculture” We’ve come full circle.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago Among the cereals, the most prominent as a source of energy is corn. Between 70% and 80% of its production is used as a feed ingredient worldwide. this can be true while, at the same time, soybean oil’s byproduct is soy meal that would be wasted if it weren’t fed to animals.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agosaying “i’ve already addressed it” is a rhetorical trick to avoid admitting it’s true.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year ago “We need animal agriculture because we need to grow the feed plants to grow more feed plants for animal agriculture” this phrase never appears in your source or anywhere else in this thread. what are you quoting?
minus-square@DarthFrodolink1•1 year agoIt’s your argument put in another way soybeans are grown for nutrient fixation in rotation with corn. they’re more of a soil crop than an oil crop.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoif you don’t know what crop rotation is, you don’t belong in any discussion about agriculture.
not only can we do that: we DO that. but there frankly isn’t enough human use for that, so it would be wasted if we didn’t feed it to animals.
If the rest of the plant would be wasted, it would be more economical to just grow another plant that’s more efficient for oil production (canola, sunflower), not soybeans which are incidentally the crop highest in protein.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/area-per-tonne-oil
It’s not grown in such quantities because it’s essential but simply because there’s demand for the extra protein from factory farms right now.
soybeans are grown for nutrient fixation in rotation with corn. they’re more of a soil crop than an oil crop.
https://www.veterinariadigital.com/en/articulos/importance-of-corn-in-animal-production/
“We need animal agriculture because we need to grow the feed plants to grow more feed plants for animal agriculture”
We’ve come full circle.
this can be true while, at the same time, soybean oil’s byproduct is soy meal that would be wasted if it weren’t fed to animals.
I’ve already addressed that argument above.
saying “i’ve already addressed it” is a rhetorical trick to avoid admitting it’s true.
this phrase never appears in your source or anywhere else in this thread. what are you quoting?
It’s your argument put in another way
no, it’s a strawman of my argument.
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if you don’t know what crop rotation is, you don’t belong in any discussion about agriculture.