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Argentine Cattle No Longer Just Home On The Range

Cattle used to freely roam Argentina's vast grasslands, but now 30 percent of the country's cattle spend the last third of their lives fattening up in feedlots such as this one in Magdalena, Argentina. At the Santa Maria feedlot, 7,000 young bulls and heifers gain weight quickly on a mix of corn, soybeans and wheat.
Cattle used to freely roam Argentina's vast grasslands, but now 30 percent of the country's cattle spend the last third of their lives fattening up in feedlots such as this one in Magdalena, Argentina. At the Santa Maria feedlot, 7,000 young bulls and heifers gain weight quickly on a mix of corn, soybeans and wheat.

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