They are credited with conceiving the idea of confined feeding of cattle. The cattle industry was quick to adapt the idea of raising calves until weaning age, backgrounding on available forage such as wheat pastures or corn stubble, and moving into the feedlot for finishing on grains and byproduct feeds. The economics of this process work as long as grain production and waste byproducts are subsidized. It means you have already made a partial payment on the beef, pork, and poultry you purchase in the markets. You receive undernourished and inadequately inspected meat and a host of added chemical residues and micotoxins.
Cattle are ruminant animals.
Ruminants are grazing animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, deer, and giraffes. They perform impeccably on a proper diet of grasses and legumes. Livestock confined in a feedlot require additional pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthesized supplements to stay alive long enough to be fattened and slaughtered. Because corporate greed has given us so few choices. We now offer you a choice.