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Science 21 October 1977:
Vol. 198. no. 4314, pp. 265 - 271
DOI: 10.1126/science.561996
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Science, Vol 198, Issue 4314, 265-271
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Beef production options and requirements for fossil fuel

GM Ward, PL Knox, and BW Hobson

A large percentage of the feed resources used in beef production cannot be used by man or most other animals. These noncompetitive feeds could be used in different ways to increase beef production, but fossil fuel consumption by the beef industry would not be greatly reduced.


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