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OK, if you can eat the hay that is currently fed to the cows I eat, have at it



You aware that most cows do not live on nice farms when they get to wander around and eat grass?

Grass-fed cows are slow to bulk up. That's why they are fed with much more calorie-rich food like grain.


I wonder if we have the milling capacity on hand to convert feed maize to corn meal for a one- or two-year crop shortage. It needs to be milled and nixtamalized before it's fit for human consumption.

It might be more efficient to distribute it as feed and just raise a bunch more egg layers in suburban lots. Probably faster than trying to stand up a bunch of mills right quick, too.


Also, just as a note, almost all 'grass-fed' beef is finished on grain supplement. It's what adds that delicious marbling everyone wants in a steak.


> You aware that most cows do not live on nice farms when they get to wander around and eat grass?

That's how they live in France.




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