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Often see it written that so many crops are for feeding livestock. I wish it were so simple, but it isn’t.
Let’s have a look at a few. Canola is 46% oil, so 54% (the husks, seed etc- ie ‘most’ of it)is fed to cows because it’s inedible to humans.
Let’s have a look at a few. Canola is 46% oil, so 54% (the husks, seed etc- ie ‘most’ of it)is fed to cows because it’s inedible to humans.
Cotton. Did you know that for every kg of cotton fibre that a farmer grows, there's about 1.4 kgs of cotton seed. Some of that gets pressed for oil, (about 25%), the rest goes on the rubbish tip with the canola meal.
'meal' anything means the by product.
'meal' anything means the by product.
So much stuff like this. Grape marc is another, alll the pulp, sticks and skins goes on the heap.
Beer. When they make beer, theres about 200 grams of malted grain to the litre of beer. The sugars are extracted from the malt, and the exhausted malt goes on the tip.
Beer. When they make beer, theres about 200 grams of malted grain to the litre of beer. The sugars are extracted from the malt, and the exhausted malt goes on the tip.
Budwieser makes 5bn litres of beer per year, which is 1 million tonnes of barley from 1 brewer alone.
Then of course theres a bunch of husks and bran from wheat, oats etc, and that goes onto the tip.
"Most of soybeans get fed to cattle!" How many times do you read that?
Then of course theres a bunch of husks and bran from wheat, oats etc, and that goes onto the tip.
"Most of soybeans get fed to cattle!" How many times do you read that?
Thats because its a bit like canola. Once the protein and oil is extracted from the soy, the rest which is the human inedible part goes on the tip.
And what do they do with all the oats and almond pulp thats left after making fake milk?
Out on the heap
And what do they do with all the oats and almond pulp thats left after making fake milk?
Out on the heap
So you can see theres a hell of a heap of stuff out there.
What to do with it?
In the USA, they grow a heap of corn silage, mix the heap of rubbish with it and feed it to the cattle that come out of the cow states (Texas, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico etc).
What to do with it?
In the USA, they grow a heap of corn silage, mix the heap of rubbish with it and feed it to the cattle that come out of the cow states (Texas, Arizona, Montana, New Mexico etc).
So theres a few myths out there need to be busted.
"Most cultivated crops are fed to stock"
"Most cultivated crops are wasted"
Sort of true, but for the most part it's the waste thats fed to stock
"Most cultivated crops are fed to stock"
"Most cultivated crops are wasted"
Sort of true, but for the most part it's the waste thats fed to stock
"That fake meat and milk will prevent all this waste."
Well, no they won't, because they will just add to the heap of waste thats already there if they don't end up as cow feed.
This of course is just about the waste from processing.
Well, no they won't, because they will just add to the heap of waste thats already there if they don't end up as cow feed.
This of course is just about the waste from processing.
Theres another heap of waste from drought, flooded, frosted, hail and storm damage which really would be wasted if we didn't have sheep and cattle to go in and clean up .
But thats another story
But thats another story
