Fairs are a lot of hard work, but the rewards come in family participation and a chance for people to view agriculture up close and personal who normally don't get a chance to do so. Eighty-seven percent of Americans ordered hamburgers or cheeseburgers during the past year. The conservation service has worked with more than a million producers on almost 180 million acres. The amount remaining in meat is negligible. A man's body produces 15,000 times the estrogen in a day that he would get from a pound of meat from treated cattle, while a woman produces several million times that.
Cattle play a central role in the miraculous chain of sun to grass to human food.
Grazing utilizes one of this country's more abundant, natural, renewable resources. Compared with harvested or purchased feeds, ranges and pastures provide a relatively inexpensive and energy-efficient feed source for livestock production. The wide choice of grades, cuts and cooking methods provides consumers the flexibility to modify calorie and fat consumption. Grazing is often one of the tools used by range managers and scientists in restoration efforts. It's time to get your messages polished up for county fair and state fair season.