Quotes About Livestock

Cow pastures exist because we need meat, not because of any clever social thinking on the cow's behalf.

Der Fortschritt", sagte er schließlich, "ist wie eine Herde Schweine. Und so muss man diesen Fortschritt betrachten, so muss man ihn bewerten. Wie eine Herde Schweine, die auf dem ganzen Gehöft herumlaufen. Aus der Existenz dieser Herde ergeben sich verschiedene Vorteile. Es gibt Schinken. Es gibt Wurst, es gibt Speck, es gibt Eisbein in Aspik. Kurzum, Nutzen! Und da braucht man nicht die Nase rümpfen, dass alles vollgeschissen ist.

My grandfather and my father had wheat ranches, so we had quite a few trucks around and a lot of mules. Talk about horsepower - we had mule power.

We had about 400 acres, and I'm legitimately the true farm kid. We raised wheat, corn, soy beans. We hauled hay, cattle, hogs, horses.

Iowa had a quarter of America's best-grade topsoil all to itself, and therefore it was at the head of the list when it came to corn and soybeans and hogs and cattle.

The breeding programs for the bulls have improved significantly. The bulls are at a much higher caliber.

We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers.

80 billion animals are slaughtered for meat every year around the world. (And that doesn't even count fish.)

Most livestock—an estimated 99% in America, 74% around the world—comes from factory farms.

Animal products provide only 18% of calories worldwide, yet take up 80% of the earth's farmland.

I grew up on a dairy and beef farm.

It has long been a childhood dream of mine to have a farm.

I grew up on a farm.

Everything is work on the farm.

I grew up around rodeo culture and a lot of farms.

While some livestock farms are much better than others, there are none in this country that look like natural ecosystems. Nature has no fences.

A breeding sow spends most of her life in a tiny cage. It's usually about seven feet long and two feet wide. She cannot turn around. She cannot scratch herself. She must urinate and defecate where she stands. Simply put, I believe she is tortured, day in and day out.

The domesticated chicken is probably the most widespread bird in the annals of planet Earth. If you measure success in terms of numbers, chickens, cows and pigs are the most successful animals ever.

Besides Slayer, which is a full-time job, I raise animals. I have a ranch in Texas. My wife takes care of the animals when I'm on tour. When I get home, I become a ranch hand.

Cows are stupid. Almost as brainless as the humans who herd 'em on horseback.

The turkeys I eat are raised on farms. They're different. They've signed on the dotted line.

It was a sea of horns above the red, brown, brindle, and white-splashed backs of the steers.

The riders got the cattle out of the brakes and started them downvalley to the accompaniment of many yells, much shouting back and forth, and the usual good-natured persiflage and joking that is part of any roundup crew.

Often the small rancher did not even own a bull. He let his cows roam the free range, profiting from the bulls owned by the