"pearl" > wrote in message
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> Jonathan Ball, cyberpath, blabbered:
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>> pearl wrote:
>>
>> > Dutch wrote:
>> > > >> Cattle consume a much greater proportion of corn than
>> > > >> humans do, i.e., the
>> > > >> entire plant, not only the kernels, and convert it all
>> > > >> into bodyweight gain
>> > > >> (consumable food).
>> >
>> > 'Historically, soil surface cover from crop residue has been
>> > known to reduce rainfall energy responsible for soil
>> > erosion.
>>
>> Then we should grow much *more* crops for livestock, and
>> reduce erosion
>> due to rainfall still lower.
>
> But: "Cattle consume a much greater proportion of corn than
> humans do, i.e., the entire plant, not only the kernels, and
> convert it all into bodyweight gain (consumable food)."
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But you can't have it both ways, killer. They don't "need" to
eat the whole plant if you just feed them more of the kernels by
growing massive amounts more,. Think of all that saved topsoil,
fool.





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> 'Livestock are directly or indirectly responsible for much of
> the
> soil erosion in the United States, the ecologist determined. On
> lands where feed grain is produced, soil loss averages 13 tons
> per hectare per year. Pasture lands are eroding at a slower
> pace,
> at an average of 6 tons per hectare per year. But erosion may
> exceed 100 tons on severely overgrazed pastures, and 54
> percent of U.S. pasture land is being overgrazed. '
> http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases...stock.hrs.html
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