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BBC at it again re meat and climate
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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 7811199" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>There is nothing like twice the cattle there were 200 years ago, which was in any case a low point in cattle numbers historically. There are far more cattle slaughtered because a majority are now killed at between 14 and 20 months old whereas decades and up to centuries ago there were more unproductive sucklers and slaughter age was nearer 36 to 48 months of age. So there is a far higher turnover of beef cattle today, which doesn't equate to increased livestock unit equivalence.</p><p>Dairy cows are even more productive in that they produce easily three times the milk per unit per year as they did up to the 1960's and they last near enough to the same age as they have done since the 1970's, around 3.5 lactations as an average. So more production from fewer cows and more concentrates fed per cow and therefore less rumination per cow and per unit of production.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 7811199, member: 718"] There is nothing like twice the cattle there were 200 years ago, which was in any case a low point in cattle numbers historically. There are far more cattle slaughtered because a majority are now killed at between 14 and 20 months old whereas decades and up to centuries ago there were more unproductive sucklers and slaughter age was nearer 36 to 48 months of age. So there is a far higher turnover of beef cattle today, which doesn't equate to increased livestock unit equivalence. Dairy cows are even more productive in that they produce easily three times the milk per unit per year as they did up to the 1960's and they last near enough to the same age as they have done since the 1970's, around 3.5 lactations as an average. So more production from fewer cows and more concentrates fed per cow and therefore less rumination per cow and per unit of production. [/QUOTE]
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