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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.
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.