07-28-2008, 12:06 PM
Stop eating beef, or go fry yourselves you tools.
Efficiency of grain conversion to meat (Grain/ meat conversion ratio):
Beef cattle in feedlots |7.5 |
Chicken | 2.25
Pigs |3.25|
Rainbow trout| 1.5
Catfish (live weight) |2.0 |
Fish | 1.5-2.5
Fish (Chinese experience)|2.0 |
Note: Meat (dressed) weight of fish is about 65% of live (wet) weight.
Source: Fishery Degradation Overview
Efficiency of grain conversion to meat (Grain/ meat conversion ratio):
Beef cattle in feedlots |7.5 |
Chicken | 2.25
Pigs |3.25|
Rainbow trout| 1.5
Catfish (live weight) |2.0 |
Fish | 1.5-2.5
Fish (Chinese experience)|2.0 |
Note: Meat (dressed) weight of fish is about 65% of live (wet) weight.
Source: Fishery Degradation Overview