3 Surprising Things Cows are Fed That You Didn’t Know

You might be surprised to find out what cows are being fed at the feedlots. In addition to the old soy and corn, animals are being fed garbage like saw dust, candy wrappers, and fish guts. Suppose you bought a pound of meat from the supermarket. It is more than likely that your beef came from a feedlot raised cow. Do you know what was fed to the animal before it was turned into packaged beef?...

Sustainable Nutrition For Dairy Cattle & Grass Fed Beef

Grass fed beef and sustainable nutrition for dairy cattle has become the latest buzzwords. With the latest buzz, there is also a considerable amount of confusion regarding grass fed beef. For dairy herds, the feed cost can run up to 50-60 percent of the total production costs of milk. A properly managed and well fed herd can produce more beef and milk, making it cost effective for cattle...

Feeding Beef Cattle Hydroponic Micro-Green Fodder

The United States is the leading beef producing country in the world, producing over 27 billion pounds of beef annually. However, beef consumption has been declining steadily since the 1970s, when per capita beef consumption was around 70 pounds per year. Today, beef consumption is around 50 pounds per person, per year in the United States. Although beef consumption has declined at home, the...

Feeding Cattle & Others – Sustainable Livestock Nutrition

Livestock is very important for almost any small-scale farming around the world. Livestock plays several roles in many farms. They provide traction to cultivate fields, delicious and nutritious food for people, and manure to increase fertility of the fields to maintain crop productivity. Human beings have been raising livestock throughout the history for their own benefits and for generating...