So, how many people does one cow (= steer or heifer) feed in a year? Actually, for our purposes, let’s say the average “

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So, how many people does one cow (= steer or heifer) feed in a year? Actually, for our purposes, let’s say the average “

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So, how many people does one cow (= steer or heifer) feed in a
year? Actually, for our purposes, let’s say the average “cow”
going to slaughter weighs 590 Kg. (1150 pounds) and after the
“waste” is removed, yields about 570 pounds (258.1 Kg.) of prepared
beef for market sales. This is roughly half the live
weight. How many “cows” does it take to satisfy the beef
appetite for the population of New York City? (Population of
NYC is about 9,000,000 (rounded)
So, how many people can feed on this one “cow” for a
year? ______________
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