What are the causes of cattle ranching?

Answer 1

There are many good and bad causes that people see associated with cattle ranching. Here's a lost of both:

Good:

- Healthy cattle (less sickness with extensive management and natural diet)

- Healthy grass (good grazing practices induce vigorous grass growth)

- Low labour costs (cattle are feeding themselves and not being fed)

- Minimal manure management (Mother Nature takes care of that on the pastures)

- Environmentally friendly, as manure and urine goes back into the soil to help plants grow, and grass makes cattle fat and happy

- Range cattle produce beef that is healthy for people to eat, containing lower and healthier fat than feedlot grain-fed beef.

Bad:

- Overgrazing (always comes with poor grazing practices)

- Deforestation (which is synonymous with what is happening in South America)

- Requires Fencing to keep animals in and to keep animals out of riparian areas

- Higher methane production with cattle grazing on pasture versus being fed in a feedlot

- Grass-fed beef can be something that people don't like, preferring grain-fed over grass-fed.