Yes some small scale farmers allow their cattle to graze, but on any for profit farm here in the Midwest US, cattle don’t get anywhere near 50% of their calories from grazing.
To any one who might be reading this conversation, I want you to understand that anyone in the industry can easily tell that federatingtoohard obviously has no experience with current methods of animal cultivation.
Grazing did work back in the day when you had 10 acres to every head and you didn’t care if your cattle starved in the winter because grass doesnt grow. But now those farmers are out of business because they were out competed by the ranchers that fattened up their cattle with fodder and grains.
Even cattle that have near infinite grazing land on BLM property require calorie supplementation with grain and fodder. The amount depends on the cattle density, annual rainfall, and the local soil productivity.
Yes some small scale farmers allow their cattle to graze, but on any for profit farm here in the Midwest US, cattle don’t get anywhere near 50% of their calories from grazing.
all beef cattle graze for about a year and spend the last 4-6 months on a feed lot. you just don’t know what you’re talking about.
To any one who might be reading this conversation, I want you to understand that anyone in the industry can easily tell that federatingtoohard obviously has no experience with current methods of animal cultivation.
Grazing did work back in the day when you had 10 acres to every head and you didn’t care if your cattle starved in the winter because grass doesnt grow. But now those farmers are out of business because they were out competed by the ranchers that fattened up their cattle with fodder and grains.
Even cattle that have near infinite grazing land on BLM property require calorie supplementation with grain and fodder. The amount depends on the cattle density, annual rainfall, and the local soil productivity.
you don’t raise beef cattle. do you know how I know?