I've found that a lot of analysis of beef and CO2 production revolves around factory farms and not sustainable farming. Cattle raised primarily on grassland emit greenhouse gasses that are then taken up by the grassland. There were literally millions of buffalo roaming this country 200 years ago. They fed off and fertilized grasslands. Would have been nice to analyze that cycle. I'm guessing there wasn't a lot of excess carbon going into the atmosphere.
I've found that a lot of analysis of beef and CO2 production revolves around factory farms and not sustainable farming. Cattle raised primarily on grassland emit greenhouse gasses that are then taken up by the grassland. There were literally millions of buffalo roaming this country 200 years ago. They fed off and fertilized grasslands. Would have been nice to analyze that cycle. I'm guessing there wasn't a lot of excess carbon going into the atmosphere.