Thursday, September 10, 2009

Day of the Gaucho Waning in Argentina - washingtonpost.com

Day of the Gaucho Waning in Argentina - washingtonpost.com: "Indeed, all over the pampa, ranchland that was home to Angus and Hereford cows has in recent years been replaced by fields of soybeans, corn and wheat as commodity prices skyrocketed by more than 300 percent. This year, a third of the 15 million animals expected to go to slaughter will fatten up in the now-ubiquitous feedlots, three times as many as in 2001."

Economic effects are changing the taste of beef.

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