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"Derek" > wrote in message
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> On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 23:40:02 -0400, Sprang >
> wrote:
>>In article
nk.net>,
>> "rick" > wrote:
>>

> [..]
>>> > It takes more grain to produce meat than to produce grain.
>>> > More
>>> > than half
>>> > of America's crop production is fed to livestock.
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>>> ROTLMAO You have proof of that claim, right?

>>
>>I guess I'll have to do the research for you tomorrow, meat
>>industry
>>apologist. It has been a while since I looked into that, but
>>that's the
>>number I remember. Or do you already have an idea of how much
>>grain in the U.S goes to livestock?

>
> '..according to FAO (199lc) the cereal grains consumed
> directly per capita are just a small fraction of the total per
> capita cereal grains consumption (directly and indirectly)
> in the United States. In fact, of the total domestic
> consumption of cereal grains 72% are used to feed
> livestock, 11% are for direct human consumption, and the
> remaining 17% are used by the food industry to produce
> different food products and alcoholic beverages. Therefore,
> almost 90% of the cereal grains are consumed indirectly
> by Americans. A similar pattern occurs for soybeans
> and oil seeds. A large fraction of soybeans is used for
> feeding livestock, either directly or in the form of
> by-products (bean meal) of soy oil production, and in the
> food industry to produce soy oil for human consumption.'
> http://dieoff.org/page55.htm

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I never thought I'd ever say this, but thanks twit. You just
proved him wrong....