Cattle have been in the spotlight lately. A few years
ago, Clara Peller wanted to know “Where’s the beef?” The
dairy industry asks if we’ve “Got Milk?”, and the beef industry
tells us, “Beef! It’s What’s For Dinner!”. Today, television
proudly announces that happy cows live in California!
What makes these beefy bovines so popular? Americans
are in love with hamburgers; so much so we consume more
than 14 billion burgers per year! That translates in to a lot
of cattle in feedyards around the nation, and especially in
Nebraska. If you add dairy, pork, and poultry to the equation,
waste management, or more appropriately nutrient
management, at Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
(CAFOs) becomes extremely important. [ read full story ] |