[thetopher]

Is not just the meat industry. Dairy cows eat silage too.

Everything I know about silage I learned from watching 10th Generation Dairyman on YouTube. As somebody who loves learning about the tedious details of other people’s professions, I highly recommend this channel.

https://youtube.com/@10thgenerationdairyman61

[teslabox]

Ruminants can eat things that humans cannot eat or should not eat. Bacteria in the ruminant stomach can bio-hydrogenate the unsaturated oils in their feed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38437204

Dairy cows are an efficient means of converting calories into a form that humans can use.

Thanks for the youtube channel link.

[dmbche]

It is still less efficient that growing food humans can use directly