Cattle vs Planet Earth
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Cattle only cause damage when they're forced into horrible, crowded farms and bred at insane rates for our store bought beef. The average farmer and their cattle, even if it's a large farm, is not at all responsible for the spot we're in. Ariel has done no wrong ❤️
Small, family farms are whats best for food supply, health, ethical treatment of animals and the environment. Large, industrial agricultural is a menace.
yes and no. While it is 100% correct, that industrial agriculture is a menace and it is probably correct, that small farms are the only way to actually do what you described , you cant make the generalisation, that small farms are automatically good, because it depends on how said farm is operating. Even a small regional farmer can do this in a way, that will be cruel regarding the animals, while polluting the local groundwater and bodies of open water near the fields ( as far as i know for example a big chunk of the notrth american "chicken production" is kind of franchised and done by small afrms, but in such a horrible way, that it doesnt benefit anybody - including the famer - except the major company, who holds the contract)
I grew up in a small village with 5-6 local family farms and they all held their cattle and pigs in stables for their entire life, not seeing the sun ever. The chicken in cage batteries (forbidden these days) and released the animal slurry on their fields every year in waaay to big quantities, polluting the local ground water and causing the local lakes to tipp over and become eutrophic.
Also this would lead do a conversation about how the form of capitalism works we developped (wages vs. profits), because it's all nice and good when you can actiually afford to buy your food organic, but the majority of the poeple - and i live in a major G7 country - simply can not and have to rely on cheap, industrial and processed food.
And then again- organic red lentils from china, organic strawberries from israel, organic bananas/mangos/ avocados or wild salmon cought with questionable methods makes the entire thing a mockery and is basically just a form of selling of indulgences.
Which again leads to what we our - so called - free markets + capitalism develoed in to and how we need a shift in values to actually change all this, because as long as we live in a world, where the main mantras are "maximizing profits + infinite growth" , nothing people like Morgan are doing on their small scale will even make a dent the over all development.
Small farms are best for supply? Farming is a dying trade so you're dreaming if you think small farms could supply grocery stores. More people need to start farming for smaller farms to be viable for supplying the market.
@@CantThinkOfAHandleSoItsThis You're right, we need more farms. The food supply is too concentrated in a select few corporations we have painfully found out the past several years.
@@CantThinkOfAHandleSoItsThis If more people start asking for small-farm food, the trend would reverse.
Small farms are great don't get me wrong, but it is impossible to meet the supply and demand of beef that our country uses.
I was raised on a farm a long time ago and watched my father use conentional methods of farming. Over time the soil was degraded. I have always been interested in regenerative farming and ranching and horrified at the factory farming methods widely used. I am glad to see your clear explanation of how the cycle should work. I hope that many people see this and come away a lot more informed about how it should be practiced.
"How it's practiced" usually focuses on what the farmer does. In my opinion what choices the consumer makes has the most impact.
@@phillyphreak5418 It surely would be some of both. To ecologize a thing of great demand requires more effort than to ecologize a thing of very little demand that might as well be ignored.
@@phillyphreak5418 Exactly. Most people use price as guide. Many people have only eaten that factory farm meat so they don’t know how good naturally raised meat tastes. Not only meat but chickens that free range lay eggs that have orange yolks and thick egg white compared to the pale runny eggs of chickens inhumanly kept in cages. Some advertise their eggs as cage free but there’s thousands of hens crammed into windowless buildings, that never have access to sunlight or grass.
The late Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, once pointed out in an interview much of what Morgan is saying. Livestock raising helps the soil by fertilizing and building the soil. Raising plant crops only takes from the soil and adds very little to the soil. Furthermore, all the pollen released would worsen allergies and affect air breathability.
It's a proven fact that termites put out more methane than livestock raising does. Another thing that is a contributor to greenhouse gases are volcanic eruptions.
People have been raising livestock for thousands of years, and if they truly were bad for the planet, Earth would've become a barren rock by now.
One other thing you should look at adding to the farm given the amount of roof area you have is water tanks to collect snow melt and rain to help drought proof... Very commonly used here in Oz.
I think you're style of farming and raising animals is the right way to go. You are conscious of trying to be economically viable while at the same time being aware of what the animals take and give to the farm. You are an ethical farmer. I'd buy beef from you anytime because I know how they are raised.
Yes! It's so great when species diversity is brought up. Having different uses for the same area is so much healthier than monocultures.
Do invasive species contribute to biodiversity? All of the introduced species were invasive.
@@chrisluttor2275 for farming? Yeah pretty much all farming in the US killed off native species dozens of decades ago.
There are some native meats but it's far less likely 'Murica makes a GIGANTIC change from the cow/pig/chicken addiction over to bison/deer/turkey than it would be to have the current livestock lifecycle slow down to accommodate regenerative farming like this.
Granted, it would be great if we changed both the types of meat consumed and how farmland is used, I just don't see the artery clogging beef/pork/fried chicken tastes changing as easily. Taking down wasteful monocultures is a good first step at least.
@@inuendo6365 Where did the quote 'Murica makes(') come from? There is also a missing quotation mark. Where does it go? Being grammatically correct really does make a difference in the quality of your argument.
Please advise.
@@chrisluttor2275 'Murica is slang for the broadly stereotyped American population. Conservative-leaning on environmental topics and addicted to cheap/fast food, among a number other traits that aren't flattering not relevant here.
I'm not so much arguing as agreeing that yeah, there are a TON of invasives used for farming. It's a global problem really (because high demanding capitalism is everywhere) but Gold Shaw is in America which is why I was throwing shade at the dietary habits of 'Murica.
@@inuendo6365 I'm glad to see that you can write in proper English. Are you always this condescending? Do you really believe that your diet is so wonderful? Maybe you should examine where most of the world's diet comes from. Famine was a worldwide problem until the transportation of New World foods. Corn, various beans and many vegetables come from South/Central America. The population explosion of the 19th and 20 centuries is based upon these imported plants. I see that you have real difficulty with people being fed. Be thankful that capitalism nurtured our present population because it sure wasn't Marx and his lunatic ideas about farming.
I live in Arizona, where we have sunshine most days. It is comical to me that nobody can dry their clothes on a clothesline (solar drying) because we all live in a place where HOA's are king. People by the boat load shop at Costco or Sam's Club and buy case after case of bottled water. The inconsistencies amaze me! This video was very balanced. Thank you!
Is dumb to not be allowed to dry your clothes outside. Is your home after all, not theirs.
At my job we look for meat from farms that take all this into consideration! They call it regenerative farming here in So. California. I also used to work at a butcher shop and we sold both prime and grass fed beef. This is such an important topic as someone who cooks professionally and wants to be a part of this healing process 🌎
So refreshing to hear a proper breakdown of farming methods, and it's greater benefit to the planet.!!!
🔶 I'm a vegetarian and have long supported grass fed, sustainable & humanely raised cattle and humanely raised poultry. Also (while I would never want to do it myself) I support, downright encourage, responsible conscientious hunting (specially of deer). And don't even get me started on the organic agribusiness! We need more small sustainable farms!!!
I like how people find very specific research to prove their point. You want beef just grow it, don't pretend like you are the savior of the world.
I like the way you take on a healthy balance when it comes to the environment and the management of your farm with your animals, plants and trees.
Didn't think I'd be watching a Cow Documentary on a Saturday morning.
We're in the mooed.
Or a Tuesday morning.!
Excellent, Morgan, just excellent! And what fun to see the calves as babies again, so cute! Thank you
Cool someone else uses these emojis!
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I am one of those who are against factory farms. One of the reasons I take this stand is the quality of life of the cattle. I feel the same about poultry, pig farms, etc. What happens to these animals makes me sad. I am 76 and remember my grandfather's farms which was a mixture of livestock, horses, chickens, ducks and geese, etc. He harvested hay, etc. I remember clearly when a small average produced everything from eggs, meat, produce, etc..
That is one of reasons I watch your videos and other "homesteaders". The various animals are properly cared for and humanity treated.
When Morgan starts with "I'm Morgan gold from Gold Shaw Farm" you know its going to be an informative video
This really reminds me of the TED talk I saw a long time ago called "Dan Barber: How I fell in love with a fish." It's a weird title, but it basically talks about a sustainable fish "farm" (more like an ecosystem) where you can tell how successful the farm is by how healthy the fish's main predators (pink flamingos) look, where you don't have to feed the animals, and where it naturally purifies the water that comes through it. I highly recommend that video if you like the idea of farms being ecosystems that help the environment instead of destroy it.
Awesome video educating all of us! I grew up on a dairy farm in Western NY back in the day. All of what you explained in the video, I am sure was never thought about. I revisited the rural area where a lot of diary farms still function, however, many are corporate owned. This means the dairy cows no longer graze on fresh green grass and roam in the pastures. Can't imagine what they do with the waste. Love your videos and the care you give your animals and land!!!
Shoutout to Western NY! Greetings from Rochester New York, I'm always curious about the farms around Monroe County and elsewhere, Livingston etc.
The waste is used to fertilize the fields that grow the crops to feed the cattle.
Dozens of videos on TH-cam show how commercial diaries operate.
Thank you for talking about this. What most people don't understand is that way back in the day most Americans were farmers. Most had just small family farms. Good idea ......they had food most of the time
Great content. City dwellers depend on large agricultural practices to supply their huge needs. We all need to work towards meeting our needs and our planet’s needs. So much work still needs done. I love that you’re working towards some of the solutions.
Thank you I enjoyed this video. I like how well informed you are, and the way you give information to your audience.
This is one of your best videos. So much information to absorb. You are doing an outstanding job managing your farm, farm animals and your land.
Too bad no sources was cited. It sounded like he compared co2 with methane. Which you can't do. So it felt a bit dishonest
@@drGigg 21:20 there is one source he cited... besides this is not a school research project, he is NOT required to cite sources. He is simply explaining HIS own perspective from his own research, experience and thought. As far as methane vs CO2 both are considered greenhouse gases, Methane technically has far greater "warming potential" on its own. However arguably CO2 is worse in that it causes the atmosphere to hold more water vapor in general which is supposedly the cause of the vast majority of the greenhouse effect on the planet. So you feel both self-righteous and dishonest. Please don't forget that we all burp and fart as evidenced by these comments.
Fantastic viewpoint and description of regenerative agriculture in practice! Your videos are always great, but I especially enjoyed this one for your focus on the carbon cycle and biodiversity.
I run a small company focused on sustainability and education in Helsinki Finland, and I feel like a massive amount of the sustainability information that gets around is exactly what you've described, that is: reductionist and dismissive. If we are going to tackle the complex interconnected systems of problems we are facing, we need perspectives like these and the conviction to work toward comprehensive holistic solutions.
Keep up the good work Morgan! Let me know if you ever visit Finland!
Knowledge can be the ultimate tool in making smart choices. I am an older viewer who can say “ I learned something new today!” That is always a really good day! Thanks for the video today and I absolutely love that you keep it real.
Excellent summary of quality method. Well done. You've come so far Morgan. Congratulations of all the steps big and small that brought you to this point!
I always compliment these videos. This one was amazing. I will watch it multiple times. There are so many ideas, points to discuss and follow up. I took an environmental science course during my freshman year of college. I am afraid to say it was due to the facts that (1) I was closed out of my top choices due to scheduling and (2) class space was filled. I am even more afraid to admit that I may have snoozed through about half of the course. Apologies to my beleaguered past professors. Maybe now I can learn. Once hopes that others can also.
I love the about face: Morgan: “ Release the Quaken!” Geese: “ Nope. Not today. Tomorrow doesn’t look good either.”
Ways to be greener:
1) Add PV solar panels to the barn.
2) Do hot water with solar when the sun is out.
3) Grow turnips for the cows.
Vegan homesteader here! I wanted to say I appreciate your videos very much and love your perspective. Respect what you do even though we do things differently. Keep on keeping on.
Same
@@AdairPastos full disclosure- we are homesteaders but we still go to the grocery store for some things. What we have found our biggest issue is is not what to grow but how well you can store it after your growing season. Research canning and preserving then grow what you will eat! You can grow the most nutrient rich whatever’s but it doesn’t do any good if you don’t want to eat it (for example I hate squash so as good as it is for me I don’t give it much room in the garden). We do a lot of potatoes, peppers, berries, a neglected apple orchard. Keep it colorful and you’ll do great. Also give yourself some grace. Strive to do better, not perfect. Better is always attainable.
This is by far my most favorite video you have made thus far! it is something I believe needs to be heard by everyone. I am tired of people saying it's cows farting that is killing us all. Here you explain in great detail what people need to hear; the truth, the reality. Thank you so much for sharing! I will be sharing this video with friends and family right away!
Nah, Arielle is making a doomsday device in the barn.
Her and Bonnie McMurray
Really enjoy these mini classes Morgan, you are such a fun yet informative teacher! Sorry Jenny tried to use your face as a limb for climbing (maybe her vision needs checking,lol), hope you use some antiseptic to help in the healing. Thanks again, and keep on doing what you do so well, and that's being you!
Facts! Thanks for educating your viewers! Excellent video.
I like hearing about other peoples take on this problem! You knocked it out of the park! also thank you for the Puddle Duck soap!
Hello Morgan, You know and we know that you are in the right. You are working your own way to improve your farm operation. Those people who want to tell you how things should be done have probably never run a farm and are spreading an ideology. Keep doing the good work. We understand you and we support you! 👍
I appreciate all the research into better farming practices you do and your efforts to make an eco-friendly farm. I think you are doing a great job.
As a young adult living in a city in western europe, I learn so much about farming from these videos! Thanks for that it's really cool!
Excellent video. We love supporting farming like this.
Amen! Morgan. I have a degree in Plant & Soil Science from UVM, and took many classes in Animal Science. Much of our country's agriculture is now treated like an industry, and has removed itself from that fact that it is truly based on natural systems. Government subsidies that were meant to aid farming and food production, unfortunately have primarily added in the industrialization of agriculture at the expense of smaller farmers and the environment. Short term gains were valued over sustainability. As you pointed out, there are ways to make agriculture, even on a large scale, not only friendly to the environment, but beneficial. It will take farmers revaluating how they do things, and taking a holistic view of how they produce their crops and raise their animals. This can be made easier for the farmers, if the government adjusts its subsidies to help farmers make these changes. And yes, because of the scope of the change needed, farmers will need the government's help. And farmers and ranchers currently working in areas that are naturally desert, should be encouraged not to continues in areas that require intense natural resources be brought in (ie. water and feed) to an otherwise area lean in those natural resources. Smaller farms in more northern parts of the country do present their own challenges, but are much more sustainable for the long term health of the environment and our country's food supply...... I love your videos, keep them coming!
Excellent teaching on the healthy cycling of manure and animal by products and healthy grazing systems. 💖
Don't forget that the some of acres of soybeans might need lots of fertilizers to grow enough to make it worthwhile which are very big green house grass emitters. Using the regeneration techniques you use could take the same soil more productive with much less artificial inputs and end up producing less greenhouse gasses. It all depends on the soil, its quality and needs.
At the very least, those soybean farms need to employ crop rotations so that a group of nutrients can bounce back after being depleted while the land is still in use growing other plants. Winterizing the soil (covering ground with dead leaves) is an important topic that I see more often that I bet that a lot of farms don't use. I'd also like to see a way to incorporate the production of edible insects into the 'Green Farm' equation.
Thank you for the info! Nicely presented and easy to follow.
Thank you, Morgan, for continuing efforts to educate us and sharing your vast research and knowledge with us. Keep up your great work it's greatly appreciated.
Vast knowledge? Let's be realistic here; he's still learning. While he has good information here and there, to take it all in as fact is just silly. Did you try building a hoop coop based on the information he gave you on the first one he made? 🤦♂️🤷♂️
@@CantThinkOfAHandleSoItsThis By any chance do you know how many times it took Thomas A. Edison to invent the electric light bulb?
Yes! I'm totally using this video in my class as a starting off point for conversation. Thank you
Thank you making this topic more tolerable by doing your chores while addressing this controversial subject. I'ts not controversial to me, I like meat and think those people who are telling us how to live and eat are nuts. Keep up the good work. I like it.
What you say makes so much sense. You use the land you own very intelligently and balanced and the kindness you show all your birds and animals is to be admired. Keep up the good work Morgan..
Vegetable Proteins vs Animal Proteins:
1. The comparison is not so easy since "protein" is actually 20 different amino acids
2. When you compare the different amino acids, animal proteins give us the amino acids that we cannot synthesize on our own.
3. To get the right amount of essential amino acids from vegetables, we would need to eat roughly 4-5x the amount.
4. It takes more land to grow 4-5x the amount of vegetables than it does to raise the amount of animal with the required amount of essential amino acids.
You need to eat 4-5x the amount of protein from plants vs animals?? Got any legitimate data to back that ridiculous claim up?
@@georgehornsby2075 its called "bioavailability"
@@georgehornsby2075 Look at the amino acid density of your favorite meat and compare it to the amino density of your favorite bean. Then look up what is "essential" (cannot be synthesized by our bodies) and see how they compare.
Also think about how toxins accumulate in animals further up the food chain. The same can be said about proteins and aminos acids. Plants are at the low end of the food chain and therefore, have very little protein. Animals are much higher and have much denser protein.
@@theurzamachine Ok, I'll play along and waste my time. I assume you will ignore this comment as people like you don't care about the truth.
Since the video is about soy and beef let's use those.
100g beef EAAs 11.6g total protein 23g percentage of protein that is "essential amino acids" 50%.
100g soy beans: EAAs 16.1g, total protein 36.5g percentage of protein that is EAA 44% (sources all from USDA)
As you can see they are very similar in terms of amounts of EAAs. Now please explain why you need 4-5x the amount of protein from vegetables...
@@wtice4632 You're called "an idiot". Think about it logically for a second. How much animal protein do you need a day? I'm going to assume you think about 100g. So if we follow that logic someone who doesn't eat animal protein would need 400-500g?? People clearly aren't doing that so how are they still alive?
Such a good job articulating the issue, I think another great point is the fact that animal farming also helps us convert inedible food waste products from other agricultural processes into edible meat. Thanks Morgan!
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Great lesson Mr. Gold. Well said. I did actually learn something.
Ariel is such a beauty!
Excellent analysis, Morgan. I'm sharing this. Never let perfect be the enemy of better.
Mr Morgan, I don't usually rate YT vids as a regular watcher or not. However, you more than deserve a like for today's video. Thank you.
Very informative. I loved this pod cast. Thanks.
Hi Morgan, just letting you know the brush you are using on Ariel at the beginning of the video is used in circular motions, and it is called a curry. It is used to help get all the loose hair and dirt out of their coat, so I suggest you use a hair bristled brush after the curry to help maximize the quality of your brushing time with Ariel. Just a suggestion though! I love your videos Morgan!
It has been proven that the death toll behind any tractor harvest( soy bean, corn, wheat,barley) is in the millions and its a combined death toll. Bees,crickets, butterfly, snakes, voles, moles, mice, rabbits are killed. If people wonder why gulls and crows are behind a tractor, now you know. Farmers and farming are why we eat, no matter what we decide to eat! This was a fantastic video and extremely informative and fair. Thank you goldshaw farms for explaining both sides of the debate.....
It is true that cattle work together with nature to make the earth more fertile. We would do better for the environment if we went back to small family farms. It would also enrich our lives. Good job!
Very informative and easily understood. Thank you Mr. Shaw. I think you do a great job being as environmentally friendly as is possible to you and your work.
His last name is actually Gold
Your skillfully done video really tells well the story of how natural practices are the best for humans, creatures, and the planet. Thanks for your effort to produce such a quality presentation. On top of that, you make it pleasant and accessible to all ages.
Hei Morgan! Watching and rewatching this... Very educational! Thank you Morgan! Your videos have reached Romania. Respect, Elena.
21:08 The cats seem happy and content.
Thank you Morgan! 100% agree with the natural way of growing everything, esp. cattle.
Your discussion was completely about beef cattle yet your inserted videos were mostly dairy. Although I appreciated the mostly balanced and thoughtful analysis, since the raising of beef vs dairy cattle is significantly different, that could have been addressed.
What I was thinking. Although both are cattle they have different purposes for most part. Although the dairy cattle will end up on people’s plates also.
Great video! I think you did a great job on this one. It also gives a nice video we can share.
I personally appreciated the B&W instructional section with your excellent voice-over! 😁
Solar pannels on your roof to charge your car and devices would be great to see in the future! :)
I’m glad you have such a stoic approach to so many things. Progress over Perfection 👏🏽👏🏽
You have such pretty cows, if we ever get cattle we are going to highlands!! My friend breeds them ❤
I love all this footage of the mommies and babies together
Hello Morgan! Really liked this video. Good description of carbon costs of conventional cattle raising versus your more environment regenerative method. Even if you couldn't care a whit about the environment it also seems like a extremely efficient way to run a farm. Lower costs for food, lower labor needed on your part. I love the environmental advocacy part and it just seems more practical to run it at the scale you have your farm.
look, I am all for low scale farming like mr Gold does here, but you must not think that it is more efficient than industrial farming , especially in labor. one guy in this so called bio-industry can produce up to 50 times more in food, that's the WHOLE IDEA , that's why they DO IT! they don;t care for animal well being or environment costs etc.. they just look at numbers, how to produce as much as possible ,for the cheapest possible price (this includes lowest labour costs)
BTW. my x50 number is not an exaggeration. We have a farm here with 2250 cows, that is run by 1 farmer and his daughter. (and a lot of machines and robots)
If we get rid of that (which we need to do to save the planet) we must accept that we as a whole can eat a lot less beef, eggs, chicken. Because it;s not possible to have 50 gold shaw farms for each mega farm . In an ideal world, we would eat only gold shaw beef, just not every day.. Maybe twice a week, and eat vegetarian the rest of the days.
Great informational video Morgan! I love your cows! You show the good benefits of responsible farming vs big commercial production and the impacts on the environment. Well done! 🐓🐮
Your fields are lusciously green, definitely doing the right thing 🌱🌿☘️🌳
Lol, you nailed the old-timey narrator voice!
I dont really like history, but the fact that you made me interested in it is surprising. 10/10
Cool man, real nice introduction for those that still not understand the wrong and the right way to farm cattle, very nice!
I really love all of your videos and love your animals
You are an excellent educator, and you have valuable messages. Keep up the good work!
You did a great job explaining things. If you follow Diana Rogers / Sacred Cow, she shows how meat is actually some of the most nutrient dense foods we can eat and as you've talked about, some of the most sustainable. I process my own animals, it's a lot of work and sometimes if they've become a favorite it can be hard. I try to honor their lives by using just as much as I possibly can and eat 'nose to tail' just as our ancestors did and as indigenous peoples still do. (there are some parts I just can do though, mostly due to cultural conditioning as well as texture issues. Those parts become dog food)
As a horticulturalist interested in permaculture and ecology dis man be spittin' facts
Excellent video. Raising your own livestock and growing your own crops is truly the most environmentally-friendly, sustainable way to live. You also aren't distancing yourself from where your food comes from, which I think is a big problem too. People forget how they get fed and they forget the value of animal lives, as well as human lives that help you get the food you eat. We're called to be stewards of the land. We're not called to do monoculture, mass production, land-destroying farming.
Big companies are going to prioritize profits over sustainability because not everyone can afford the high quality meat.
Love your videos
I am not a farmer nor a vegan, but I think the explanation you gave regarding sustainable farming was the best I have ever heard. The vegans can fight it out about the healthiness of eating beef and the climate gurus can have it out about global warming, however, something is happening to our climate whatever the cause, everything we can do to help lessen carbon pollution will help. I favor using your segment which is easy to understand and straightforward to teach in our schools. There is no question that our population is expanding exponentially and our food supply as well as drinkable water is already scarce and will continue to become more so in the near future. Great show, and keep up the excellent work. I love your program.
I wish I was young enough and physicaly able enough to have a small farm like yours.
I appreciate your views and practices of looking after animals the right way.
Morgan, well said and well done. Small local farming, when done right, is the most sustainable model for a healthy Earth and a healthy population. Our grasslands were covered with 16 foot high native grasses that had a deep root system that broke through the hard pan to a mineral dense environment. It may sound strange, but I believe to go forward sustainably, we're going to have to look back and learn. Great video.
I learned a lot from this video. You're doing good work on your farm and raising awareness.
I love what you are doing with your farm. I work for an electric utility in a more rural area and I am the person who first goes out to meet customers to see what their electric needs are. I have been pretty up close and personal with a lot of farms. Some of them seem ok. But there are a decent amount that make me sad, I saw a dairy farm the other day and I felt so bad for the animals there. It looked like one of the clips you showed. I wish and hope more people do what you do and also stop growing monocrops.
God i love when you talk about these things! You educate so many and in such an interesting way!
People complain about cow farts, but they don't take into account there used to be 60 million bison in the US
You beat me to it 🤣
There are way more cattle in the earth right now. 91 million in usa, 1.5billion in the world
@@jbrandao7675 Things balance out. Eastern elk we're like 1000 lb they are now extinct.
The elephant population has dropped by like 100,000.
Once again things balance out.
@@YankeeValleyOutdoors Aparently they dont balance out, considering global warming is happening. And reducing biodiversity doesnt seem the best plan to reduce green house gases.
@@jbrandao7675 If you're going to complain about the environment you should be complaining about smoking 🚬.
You should be complaining about the harmful waste from vaping.
Morgan, are you up to date with your tetanus shots? Stay safe, tetanus is horrible! I just love how you run your farm. Because you do what a lot of big production farms don't seem to do, you work as much in harmony with the ecosystem as possible. That's a huge thing! You are thinking of sizing up production of meat you mentioned in another video and I just wondered how that will affect the situation in general? Will it still be possible to maintain the animal/ecosystem balance when you do? I really hope so because right now you are doing really well, and I have started calling you the 'Do No Harm Farm' recently. Seriously, I love how you balance the health of your animals as much as you work with the land to maintain the delicate balance that an intact ecosystem needs. God bless you, your loved ones, and all your animals. Have a great day!
Yup…up to date on all my shots
@@GoldShawFarm phew that's great. Thanks for the message. You rock Morgan! God bless!
Morgan, thank you for the very informative video. The more I understand your approach to farming the more interesting it becomes. I wish you and Allison the very best.
Starting the video with a massive strawman isnt a very intelligent look.
Good afternoon to everyone.. let me get this off my chest what Gold Shaw Farms doing to raise the animals are very healthy. No matter what you do in life your always going to find someone who thinks they know a better way of doing things. Try planting more tree's instead of cleaning land.. maybe i know nothing but i know im tired of listening to people bitching.. i love your videos and can't wait for the next video.. i learned this since i lost my leg 8 mouths ago... never give up and you never surrender
In the pursuit of sharing relevant information, have you read any of the studies on cows being fed seaweed to reduce methane?? There were some really neat ones done a few years back, I can’t remember the percentages but the reductions were impressive. I don’t know if such a thing could be done small scale but imagine it could also help.
I wonder if they meant sea grass instead of seaweed. Being an actual grass would keep the cows on their intended plant classification diet, providing the fiber that algae doesn't have. What I'd picture as seaweed food wouldn't provide them a cud to chew. hmmm more reading ahead for me.
Seaweed: yup…read a lot. Most of those studies focus on cattle eating grain. The seaweed acts in a similar fashion as grass. Most would argue that if you have a 100% grass fed diet the seaweed isn’t necessary or effective.
This would probably be most viable for farms near the sea. Otherwise you've got to add the environmental costs of shipping the seaweed to the farm.
Yes. A sober discussion. Most “conservationists” I believe are talking about factory farms. Farmers like you are responsible for biodiversity. I, for one, appreciate how you run your farm.
This was very educating and fun to watch.
Absolutely agree, and thank you for using your platform to educate people on this. Gave Brown’s book is a must read, so is the Omnivore’s Dilemma.
I’m pretty sure there are worse things than cow burps. Like people who have nothing better to do than worry about cow burps. Thanks for the video!
I doubt there is any other reason for people who "worry about cow burps" than the significant emissions of the agricultural industry and their effects in the planet. That's a pretty significant thing to worry about. There just is is tons of information on the topic of emission causes in different sectors that it can be hard to keep track of the science on what really makes sense to focus efforts on, which is why videos like this are a great resource. Instead of belittling people who care about the planet, why not stay humble and keep educating each other?
I was eating a orange and almost choked on it laughing listening to you talk about cows burps and farts causing environmental issues so tiny..
Cattle are not the issue. We are.
always have been
Well said. Don’t think cattle enjoy living in feed lots.
Do your part then and leave the earth