My guess is the answer to why the cows died is somewhere in here. Did they get enough water,was it tainted,on purpose or not?
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The deaths of these cattle was intentional. If they were on a true feedlot, and that sounds like the case, their feed has to be brought in every day. Water is free choice. Someone looked at those animals every day. If they weren’t getting water, it would be immediately obvious. The first thing they do is to beller. Loudly. And stand with their heads down and pant.
If the water was tainted in some way, cattle behavior would be noticed during the daily feeding. No one has mentioned (that I have seen) feedlot management of this valuable commodity.
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I missed that its an obvious potential I’ll try and check it.
The last paragraph on this is interesting and could lead to animals being fed the wrong feed.It cant be copied and pasted.
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the corn fed cattle vs. grass fed is pretty obvious.If they are corn fed even after the first six months the amount of antibiotics they are fed leaves all kinds of problem doors open for the cows.
But from what i have read I agree with you for a herd to die like they did it almost had to be on purpose with intentional poisoning.I don't see any other way it could have happened.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/meat/interviews/pollan.html
Pollan a NYT former writer did a pretty exhaustive study on cows but not so much on the potential for them to be poisoned. He did suggest however that corn fed cows can easily become a disaster if not monitored almost constantly.
I would agree.
Them cows might have been test subjects for a new
“vaccine” ?
looks like its ready for humans!
Various parts of my extended family run cow/calf herds of 200/500/5,000 head. There is no way any of them would let even one animal die of thirst as long as they could do anything about it. As a rule of thumb think one dollar per pound and that pic of those black dead cows represents a lot of money.
A couple raise calves, some raise feeders, and my favorite raises rib steaks. No way would they let their animals dehydrate.
Your thot about a possible 75% insurance payout is most likely closest to the truth. In a market where they might not sell at all 75% recovery might look way better than 100% loss. And I’m also thinking how close this looks to the food processing plants burning, possibly for the same reason. Plants that have been running flat out and need maintenance might pencil out better if the insurance rebuilds it. I’m sure Warren Buffet will let us know how it works out?