Reduce Our Carbon Footprint with Bobby Calves.

Am I missing something?

“… the fact that the calves are actually killed so that the milk doesn’t go to them but to us cannot really be right…..” — Kate Bush

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I read this article through three ‘Sending dariy calves to beef farms could slash our carbon footprint.’ Three times and I still couldn’t understand how it worked.

Now I know I’m no mathematician nor am I a scientist, but I am usually pretty smart with understanding concepts and logic.

So, if anyone can tell me what I’m missing, I’ll be very grateful.

Here in N.Z., we have a large dairy industry. One of the major issues we have is the slaughter of the bobby calves (male calf which has no monetary value and killed within a few days). The article says that having these calves raised as beef, which a small percentage already is, would mean a dramatic drop in our emission.

A study done concluded that these bobby calves should go to the beef farms and be raised as beef. If both types of farmers worked together, the beef farmer would get the bobby calves and wouldn’t have to breed beef calves as they are currently doing.

Now, this is where my logic doesn’t see that it would reduce the carbon very much at all because we will still have the same number…