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<blockquote data-quote="kiwi pom" data-source="post: 7295294" data-attributes="member: 946"><p>Beef production does have emissions, forget about the animal its everything else. Sheds, concrete, diesel, machinery and all the emissions generated from any crops that are also fed to the animal.</p><p>It's the systems that don't stack up well. As an example the farm my brother works on in Cheshire finishes cattle for a supermarket. A few weeks ago they combined the maize as the clamps were full, hauled it to the yard and instead of putting it through a roller mill, ran it through a contractors SP forager that was set up to do it. It's then stored and fed in a TMR to the permanently housed cattle. The emissions from all that goes onto the animal and that's just one ingredient of the ration. He's not the only one with an intensive system either. Having a maize paddock meant he didn't need a grass paddock but the maize is still part of the system.</p><p>The guy may also be an NFU member so they have to protect him too.</p><p>I'm not saying other foods don't have an impact, they may be worse, but cattle farming does have an environmental footprint.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kiwi pom, post: 7295294, member: 946"] Beef production does have emissions, forget about the animal its everything else. Sheds, concrete, diesel, machinery and all the emissions generated from any crops that are also fed to the animal. It's the systems that don't stack up well. As an example the farm my brother works on in Cheshire finishes cattle for a supermarket. A few weeks ago they combined the maize as the clamps were full, hauled it to the yard and instead of putting it through a roller mill, ran it through a contractors SP forager that was set up to do it. It's then stored and fed in a TMR to the permanently housed cattle. The emissions from all that goes onto the animal and that's just one ingredient of the ration. He's not the only one with an intensive system either. Having a maize paddock meant he didn't need a grass paddock but the maize is still part of the system. The guy may also be an NFU member so they have to protect him too. I'm not saying other foods don't have an impact, they may be worse, but cattle farming does have an environmental footprint. [/QUOTE]
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