Beef production options and requirements for fossil fuel.
A large percentage of the feed resources used in beef production cannot be used by man or most other animals. These noncompetitive feeds could be used in different ways to increase beef production, but fossil fuel consumption by the beef industry would not be greatly reduced.
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004467:Economics; D005579:Fossil Fuels; D008460:Meat; D008462:Meat-Packing Industry
D004044:Dietary Proteins; D005579:Fossil Fuels