#beef

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Sorry I’m about to talk about cows again. But seriously, this announcement from Trump was nothing but a ploy to depress head prices on the Sept 1 sales. (We’ve talked before about how cattle sales work, I won’t bore you again, but 1st of month is a big deal.) Why do I say it was a ploy? Because I can math. 300,000 tons of beef would mean 1.2 MILLION head of cattle would go to slaughter just for ground beef, no sirloins, no ribeye, no filet…if the whole cow was ground up, it would take that many cows. That stock doesn’t exist anywhere on earth. What Trump said he would do, is not a thing which can be done. He’s just moving markets. By the time anyone can do the math, you’ve already lost $$$ on the steer in the feed lot. And I say to the yeehawdists, I told you. You didn’t believe me. Why didn’t you believe me? Well, too late to listen now. #beef #us #marketmanipulation https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/26/cattle-ranchers-montana-reel-trump-foreign-beef/91440529007/
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@agriculture@a.gup.pe @ecology@a.gup.pe 🧵 Against #methane 🚦 • Institutions should support vegetal proteins and dairy. • Social movements may target the meat industry. • Animal husbandry in the USA, Brazil, Argentina, are the emittive from enteric fermentation. Corporations should look at how other continents (not Australia) work. • Any country should ban bovine import from Brazil, Argentina, US, Australia. • Any country should castrate male calves. Particular buffalos in Pakistan & India. #beef #emissions #GHG
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Across 165 countries, the highest GHG emissions from diet are among highly educated urban men aged 15-34. Median is 5.7 kgCO2e/day, against 2.9 for rural women aged 35-54 with low education. In others words, the impact on climate is roughly double in a group with more resources, choice, and agency. Visualizer: https://matilda.food/ #diet #food #beef #animalProduction #deforestation #imports #GHG #carbon #emissions #climateChange #globalWarming
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