The Cost of Corn-Fed Cattle

Watch out meat-lovers. With corn prices doubling since last year, industrial-scale farmers with corn-fed cattle are searching for ways to cut feeding costs -- by introducing cheaper recipes. WSJ's Matt Rivera reports. (July 14)

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[laosboyyy]

the most fucked up and wrong things in this world happens because of money.. not just this, but 99% of everything you see thats you disapprove of is beacuse of money.. this video just made me realize that..

[Yankeeprepper]

One of the major contributors to the fall of Rome was indoor plumbing, well more specifically the lead pipes that were used. The health of the citizens both mind and body took it's toll in just one generation. Maybe some day, some college course will be highlighting the fall of the United States and going over the major factor of how this nation committed national suicide through it's own food. And how insane it's will appear to them.

[oden010]

You are not feeding the cow, you are feeding bacteria that metabolize the chips and such into 3 primary fatty acids and urea. Their is nothing disgusting about it. Simple recycling of molecules. Nearly 0 carbs and fats make it to the intestines in cattle and most of their protein is from the dead microbes you feed the chips too.

[oden010]

For those who nothing about feeding cattle. What you feed the cow is not used by the cow. In simple terms you are feeding the bacteria and their waste products are what the cow uses for its glucose an nitrogen source. So those saying shame on the farmer should know something about ruminant nutrition.

[stephiemoo121212]

This is appalling. I've known for quite a while about the horrors of commercial grain-fed beef but it still shocks me every time. Seeing this makes me very thankful that my family raises grass-fed Scottish Highlanders. I find it disgusting that farmers would feed potato chips and chocolate to cattle. Shame on you, farmers.

[masterpalladin]

I like you for saying that. all the factory farms get all the dam government subsidies, So why not the organic and local farmers that their animals feed natural diets. Antibiotics contaminating our food eggs,dairy products, chicken,beef,veal and turkey now probiotics vs antibiotics, antibiotics don't see difference between good or bad gut flora. They do what their programed to do kill bacteria. So there gos any healthy gut flora, you might just wind up pluged up all the fucking time like me.

[Andrew Seal]

Really? Potatoe chips and chocalate? How F**ked up can u be?

[Matt Hardecke]

Ok...some reality. Number one...all cattle eat grass. As a producer, my cattle are raised on grass, cows calve on grass and the calves grow up on grass (ie mothers milk). I market my cattle at 6 to 8 months of age. Some one else buys them and they usually go on grass (usually large plains like in kansas) for another 6 months. It isn't until the last 6 months that my calf eats more an more corn. But these cattle are still feed grass. Usually 35-75% of thier diet.

[terrencomp]

To the consumer nothing, to the government they can charge you taxes and give it to the farmers so they can create money for themselves through corn.

[feliciamari]

watching them eat that made me sad :/

[Claude Yuen]

cows are happy in Mauritius! ggl "gobhakti"