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Article: WHERE'S THE BEEF? IT ALSO COMES FROM DAIRY COWS.(BUSINESS)(CROSS COUNTY)(Column)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- October 8, 2009
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Byline: John Oncken
Question: How many of Wisconsin's 1.25 million dairy cows located on the state's 13,037 dairy farms will end up as a delicious steak on someone's dinner plate, in a package of beef jerky carried in a hunter's jacket or maybe as the prime ingredient in a teenager's super burger at a fast food store?
Answer: Each and every one of the 1.25 million dairy cows minus a few that will leave the herds for health or injury reasons.
A good friend with a host of college degrees and a nationally respected authority in his field recently asked a question he was rather embarrassed to ask: What happens to dairy cows when they leave a dairy ...