Just when you thought the news couldn’t get any stranger regarding the disturbing state of the agricultural industry, it most certainly has. In an effort to slash costs and increase profits, livestock corporations have now begun feeding their cattle super cheap processed foods like cookies, gummy worms, chocolate, fruit loops and a whole list of candies. Fattening up the cattle thanks to a large percentage of sugar content and no real nutritional value, the disease-riddled cattle end up fetching a larger price for farm owners.
The fruit loops-fed cattle also may end up on your dinner table, harboring even more dangerous additives than even cattle fed a diet of corn. Before accounting for the new diet of cookies and candy, conventionally raised cattle meat contains oftentimes an excessive amount of antibiotics (now admitted to be harming human health internationally), artificial hormones such as Monsanto’s cloned growth hormone rBGH, resistant bacteria, genetically modified organisms (from corn) and other contaminants. Now, however, a few new problematic substances have entered the equation.
And many more. Each of these ingredients has of course been linked to a host of negative ailments ranging from cancer to cognitive disorders, however very few know the true dangers of such substances. High fructose corn syrup, for example, has been admitted to contain mercury — an element that is toxic in all forms. It is also important to note that the corn processed into high fructose corn syrup is, for the most part, always genetically modified. Such is also the case with aspartame, made from genetically modified bacteria waste. So now only are these cows being loaded up with processed food chemicals, mercury, and other additives, but they’re also still receiving GMOs.
One candy producer, Brian Dill of Hansen Mueller, feels that it is justified feeding cattle chocolate, fruit loops, and ice cream sprinkles. According to Mueller, who markets the sale of chocolate to farmers as a way to cut costs, says that it really only comes down to ‘fat, sugar, and energy’. In other words, Mueller thinks it doesn’t matter what the cows eat. The only thing that matters to Mueller is that they get enough fat and sugar to maintain enough energy to be killed and shipped off to be eaten.
“That’s all it is,” he said.
The statements by this candy manufacturer rep and heads of the dairy cattle industry demonstrate the severe lack of care regarding the actual health of you and your family, the animals being fed these cheap processed foods, and the integrity of the environment. It also clearly shows that many such individuals are purely looking to increase profits, utilizing ‘anything’ that keeps costs down regardless of the price. In order to protect the health of you and your family, always remember to buy high quality organic. While 100% organic is the best along with locally grown market options, always look for the certified organic seal when purchasing food from a grocery store.
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It’s awful that they are feeding the cows this diet, like us the cows will not do well on this diet and would likely have issues. However if the cow is a meat cow I do believe that in the USA these cows have to be slaughtered for food before they are 2 years old due to mad cow disease concerns. So likely these owners that are foolish will not see any issue as the cows are too young when they are sold for food. However if they are doing this with breeding and milk cows the results will be bad health for the cows. I do know that pigs are often feed this way and have been for years. The worst thing I ever heard was some guy feeding his one and only cow, powered cement, what an idiot. I think that we need more education for farmers on this issue and also more support from us, the people that depend on these farmers for our food. If things are so bad that they need to feed their animals candy then we need to work with them and educate them so that they no longer are in such dire straights that they need to take these measures, they and their families are eating these cows too, so they are in as bad a situation as we are in regard to eating healthy food. Something is wrong with a system that forces our farmers into these positions! Our help and education are the answer!
Frank, I can't believe how judgmental you are…how about paying attention to the content of her post, which is pretty good!
Our life expectancy keeps increasing… I'm not concerned.
This post by the "cattle ranchers [sic] daughter" is nothing short of appalling for its illiteracy. There must be 20 mistakes in it! I have seen black people who actually write better than this!
Let's be fair and correct here. First off the farmer usually doesn't have access to these surplus bulk foods, the livestock feeders use these surplus and waste food food products, not farmers. Which has the worst effect on the consumer, animals fed on surplus human food or GMO grain? In my opinion GMO grain will do us more harm than the waste human food. Also this human food has been fed for decades, it's edible, it can't be sold in the grocery store for some reason so it's prudent to put it to some use. If you want to improve the quality of food you eat do your part to get rid of GMO grain and get the Dept of Agriculture to offer more services to organic farmers. Actually consumers get what they insist on and are willing to pay for. Do you eat what's available or what you demand?
Did they at least feed them candy corn?
I suggest everyone read the full report – it's interesting when you take excerpts from it, and change the context like you did, but you neglected to mention some very important reasons for their actions. I do not agree with what these animals are being fed, but having been a dairy farmer I also understand what troubles you face when there is a drought and you have no feed for your animals. As was stated in the original article, this is NOT common practice, but a result of searching for feed. If the animals had nothing to eat at all, I'm sure everyone would have some condemning words for the owners there too.
Slashing costs doesn't make it acceptable to feed cows cancer-causing junk.
I'm sure you also use growth hormones.
Awesome! That is the greatest thing I've ever heard! Now I know I'm actually eating dessert when I'm having my steak! I'll put some chocolate sauce on it next time, and some of those awesome yellow bananas.
HAHAHAHAHA <3 -see you in heaven!
Everything we eat or drink is now poisoned.
Fruits and vegetables absorb sodium fluoride (RAT POISON) directly from agricultural pesticides and drink it in with their roots from contaminated soil. Some are also GMOs containing no nutrients.
All meats and dairy products contain growth hormones and/or antibiotics and god knows what else.
78% of America’s municipal drinking water is intentionally poisoned with fluorosilicic acid, a multi-poisonous waste cocktail from the smoke stacks of fertilizer plants, containing 23% rat poison, lead, mercury, barium, cadmium and palonium 20. The latter three are known radioactive carcinogens. Chances are that your favorite beverage is made with fluoridated water.
From municipal waste water discharges to agricultural run-off, for the past fifty years our rivers have been perpetually poisoned which perpetually poisoned our oceans which killed America’s lovely coral reefs than took millinea to form. Cuba has pristene reefs because they couldn’t afford to pay for the fluoride poisoning of their people or land.
Drink only spring water and pray it comes from a real natural spring and hasn’t been covertly fluoridated. As far as what to eat, your guess is as good as mine.
Done, and done. Well played sir!