Now juxtapose that with a grass-based cattle operation. First of all, the grass is a perennial so it doesn’t have to be planted every season. The perennial has a totally different energy flow than an annual. Rather than storing its energy in the seeds (barley, wheat, corn), it stores energy in the roots. That means the perennial offers more soil fertility; it actually builds soil more effectively than annuals. Here’s the big kicker: the cattle self-harvest the crop. We don’t have to run a combine over it, haul it to an elevator or storage bin, dry it down, and then haul it to the animals.
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