Environment Place the environmental videotape series in your local school library. The three videos highlight cattlemen and their families from seven regions of the United States. Contact Rae Price at NCA to order a set for the library near you. And while you're at it, you might also want to buy one to place in a library. Consumers eat an average of 2.3 ounces of beef each day, part of a total of 6.6 ounces of meat, poultry and fish.
Cattle play a central role in the miraculous chain of sun to grass to human food.
Technological advances being employed are the result of millions of dollars of private and public research into how to raise healthy farm animals. The health and proper care of farm animals are the keys to any successful livestock-raising venture. Cattle and calves represent the largest segment of American agriculture. Cattle are produced by more than one million cattlemen, doing business in a free-market system, in more states and regions of the country than most other commodities. The American Cancer Society believes that eaten in moderation, lean red meat can be part of a balanced diet.