Cattle ranchers are making less money in the US despite beef prices at an all-time high. In the meantime, Trump started importing beef from Argentina to lower beef prices, but only achieved to lower cattle prices.

Trump supporting cattle ranchers weren’t happy

  • angrystego@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Well, to have milk, the cows have to get pregnanat regularly. The calves are taken away, which is kind of traumatizing. They are often not treated well. The male calves are killed for meat. Also, despite the fact it is possible to use transgenic bacteria, cheese is still produced in many cases by adding calf stomachs as a rennet, so cheese is often not even vegetarian. The real well being of milk cows is also often not as nice as one would expect, despite the fact that stress spoiling is a thing. Turns out some stress level doesn’t matter and some workers don’t mind the risk and enjoy the cruelty. There have recently been some cases made public in my country, so I’m more informed then I’d like to be.

    • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      The male calves are killed for meat.

      the vast majority of them are brought to full weight before slaughter