A monthly column written for Beef Central by US meat and livestock industry commentator, Steve Kay, publisher of US Cattle Buyers Weekly
AS a long-time journalist, I am always fascinated by the beliefs that people strongly hold about a certain topic, whether the facts verify those beliefs or not.
I recently came across a study that emphatically states that, contrary to conventional wisdom, pasture-finished operations (typically associated with a higher level of sustainability) produce 20 percent more carbon than cattle finished on grain.
The livestock industry’s previous notion…