Collins, CO, uses 81,450 gallons of water for drinking, waste disposal, laundry, lawn watering, etc. Grazing alone supplies 57 percent of the feed energy used in producing beef cattle. Less than one percent of all beef consumed in the United States comes from Brazil or Latin America. Cutting out beef would do nothing to halt rain-forest destruction. In the West, where 50 percent or more of many states is public land, fertile private lands serve as oasises, making thousand of acres of adjacent federal lands viable for wildlife.
Cattlemen have a vested interest in maintaining and improving the land and water.
The cattlemen's income is directly related to good range management practices. The ability to feed and clothe the people of the United States rests in skill and management of two percent of the people of the United States. They are doing an excellent job. If there is a doubt compare prices around the world. As you know, many politically motivated chiropractors ask us to donate to PAC funds to support more lobbying efforts.