A pound of beef produced today has less of an environmental impact than it did in 1977, according to a new study presented at the 2010 Cattle Industry Summer Conference held last week in Denver.
Assistant Professor Dr. Jude L. Capper, researcher from Washington State University, revealed that improvements in nutrition, management, growth rate and slaughter weights have significantly reduced the environmental impact of modern beef production and improved its sustainability.
Iowa beef producers, through the beef checkoff program, provided funding for this research, along with Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Washington beef councils.
