@Tfmonkey the reason why cows fart is bc we feed them primarily corn, if we feed cows grass then they won't be farting all the time. All herbivore animals eat grass but only the cow is the one that is farting all the time? All herbivore animals have 4 stomach but only the cow farts all the time? It is not that they eat grass, it is that we feed them primarily corn.

@37712 @Tfmonkey

Which is why farmers need to literally pierce the cows stomach with a big ass needle to let the gas out of their bloated stomachs.

It's a problem WE created.

@UncleIroh @37712 @Tfmonkey Indeed. If we didn't use corn silage and soybean meal to feed cattle to make meat as cheap as it is, instead feeding them grass, they'd be healthier.

For humanity to go to 100% grass-fed beef though, meat needs to double in price per unit of weight if not more. That is also being conservative because cattle require large amounts of acreage to raise exclusively on grass.

We won't move away from such corn, soy, and silage-heavy diets until there is no fuel at scale.

@DoubleD @37712 @Tfmonkey

Even in the early 20th century it was common for households to own a single cow and a few chickens.

Wealthier families had more cows, maybe a pig or 2, or a couple of sheep/goats.

That's the micro solution, but what do you think the macro farming solution is if we're locked into using corn/soy? Genuinely curious.

@UncleIroh @DoubleD @37712 @Tfmonkey
The ironic thing is the solution is free market and deregulation of farming where the farmers and entrepreneurs would be allowed to optimize the supply chain and figure out how to squeeze the highest productivity out of the agricultural process.

There are so many regulations, red tape and taxes/price controls that is impossible to do anything different than double down on the retardation.