The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Sheep => Topic started by: JFDI on September 02, 2012, 03:16:26 am
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· Just under 65% of our farmland is only suitable for growing grass to feed cattle and sheep
· There were 2.1 million cattle and 14.5 million sheep slaughtered in the UK in 2011, supplying over 1.2 million tonnes of meat to the food chain.
· Without grazing cattle and sheep, great swathes of land across the UK could not be used to feed our growing population.
I thought that was interesting
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that is useful. Thanks :thumbsup:
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Great stuff, there are more sheep than people in Wales.
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65% eh? Thats useful to know. I've always wanted a figure to put to those who say that producing meat is a waste of resources. Theres this daft vege figure banded about which says that you could produce more food if you only grew crops. Iforget what it is now, shows a spectacular lack of geography knowledge whatever.
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I'd also love to see an unbiased analysis of local extensive dairy farming versus importing soya (for) milk.
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now that would be a stat to see. i shall have a rummage....