True dat. And the way farmers treat each commodity is huge.

Oh.....so, it's beef cattle that we eat and dairy cows is used only for milking?

Basicly. However dairy cows that have uh, er, um, worn out, can also enter the food chain... for children and other living things. ;)

My 3-year-old has figured that out too. He winds up on the craziest shit if I don't keep an eye on it.

Not really most of your ground beef is from Holstein cows not steers, Holstein Steers do make up a percentage of the meat market how much I am not sure but they don't milk or breed so they are in the meat isle of your grocery store. Almost all McD's hamburger is from old Holstein cows. They are cheaper. As long as they can walk on to the kill floor they are in hamburger, probably hotdogs too. The only way to know you are getting real beef is to buy local freezer beef.

C'mon now, everybody knows that's Kangaroo & Capybara. :lol:

Yeah, the same way my nephew stumbled upon Elmo porn. :headshake

Thanks everyone for the info! :D

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Saw some cows.

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I think they belong to billionaire Brad Kelley.

Cool!

Do you know what breed they are, Grav?

Ankole-Watusi

Thanks, Bruce.

They didn't look commercial, to my inexpert eye, so I assume they are kept for conservation reasons or novelty value, ie a rich man's whim.

It's often a rich mans whim, I know several who have Highland, Brahman, or Bison herds... and people to take care of them. The caretakers are also responsible to make sure the livestock are visible from the house when guests are present. But they do look nice from the veranda.