"Most grain given to cattle is unfit for human consumption"

[brimstoneSalad]

@cornivore it's more a storage issue: they could make it fit for human consumption by processing and storing it better, but they cut corners to save money which promotes mold growth.
So the saving waste argument can't really be applied. BUT your point is good: who would want to eat meat fed on mycotoxin rich grains?

[cornivore]

Yeah, the title of this topic alone ("Most grain given to cattle is unfit for human consumption") begs the question... 'got myc'?



Also put this in perspective, if a few corn tortillas a day might cause toxicity in humans, how many bags of tortillas would cows eat per day?

How many pounds of feed does a cow eat in a day ...

"High producing dairy cows will eat 110 to 120 pounds of wet feed a day or 50 to 55 pounds of dry matter (DM) a day. As cows produce more milk, they eat more. A typical diet for a dairy cow could include about 30 to 35 pounds of baled hay (26-30 pounds DM) and 25 pounds of grain mix (22 pounds DM)."

https://dairy-cattle.extension.org/how- ... -in-a-day/

That would be like 500 tortillas per 25 pounds of grain mix, every day... Toxic Tortillas? But wait, those were made of grain fit for human consumption. What the cow eats appears to be worse, so who knows, maybe it was the whole enchilada.

[brimstoneSalad]

Cows will usually be killed before they suffer the consequences of those mycotoxins, but how much ends up in the milk and meat?

Kind of how pigs can eat literal feces and that's incredibly ecologically friendly, but it's not allowed due to health reasons. Feeding unfit food to animals who are then eaten doesn't necessarily seem to solve the original problem.