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Front-Ranger:
I looked up some more info about what baby calves are fed and found that "milk replacer" has about 20% protein, 20% fat, and the rest is water, some vitamins and minerals and "medications" such as antibiotics. I still think that the best approach would be for the calf to nurse and then the extra milk could be sold at market. We're flooding the market with excess low-priced milk and a lot of it is wasted. Have you seen the huge stocks of cheese that schools get for their lunch programs? The government is subsidizing the dairy industry and encouraging them to over produce. Schoolchildren are getting less fresh fruits and vegetables and more processed grain products flavored with cheese. This happens in old folks homes too. Americans really do not eat very well, because of the dominance of corporate farming.
Front-Ranger:
The protein sources in milk replacer can be milk-based, such as whey, or they can be alternatives such as fish meal, meat and bone meal, soy flour, and dried animal blood. I haven't found out what the sources for the fat would be, but I presume they would be animal based. Could be soy oil, maybe.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 03, 2017, 12:32:14 pm ---I looked up some more info about what baby calves are fed and found that "milk replacer" has about 20% protein, 20% fat, and the rest is water, some vitamins and minerals and "medications" such as antibiotics. I still think that the best approach would be for the calf to nurse and then the extra milk could be sold at market. We're flooding the market with excess low-priced milk and a lot of it is wasted. Have you seen the huge stocks of cheese that schools get for their lunch programs? The government is subsidizing the dairy industry and encouraging them to over produce. Schoolchildren are getting less fresh fruits and vegetables and more processed grain products flavored with cheese. This happens in old folks homes too. Americans really do not eat very well, because of the dominance of corporate farming.
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I agree it would best for both cow and calf if they used more natural methods. And the alternative sounds really gross. I also know factory-farmed animals are sometimes fed chopped up versions of themselves -- forcing them to be cannibals. And the antibiotics are extremely worrisome, since overuse of antibiotics increases the chance of an unstoppable epidemic.
On the other hand, I think it's fair to consider that if all livestock were raised in free-range, non-factory ways, food might become way less plentiful and affordable. I usually go out of my way to buy free-range eggs, since cage-free chickens are often still jammed together into a big dark barn only without cages.
But I have enough money to do this. I don't worry about spending an extra dollar or two on eggs to avoid supporting factory farming. I buy a slightly pricey brand of sausage I've heard is made from humanely raised pigs. Not everybody can do those things.
And even I rarely shop at Whole Foods, where I think all the stuff passes the humaneness test, because I can't afford to.
CellarDweller:
Well, it wasn't "my" use of a Brokie-ism, but I just had to share.
Disney is launching "Frozen" as a Broadway play, and radio is playing commercials for it. For those who don't know, "Frozen" (briefly) is about the strained relationship between two princesses, one who can mentally manipulate cold and ice.
Anyway, in the commercial for the play, the narrator goes on about it for a while, and then says "The Disney play that shows you that love is a force of nature!"
LOL
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on August 17, 2017, 06:47:07 pm ---"The Disney play that shows you that love is a force of nature!"
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