Since 1955, technology has increased the consumption of grain-fed beef by 71 percent and decreased the consumption of “non-fed” beef by 65 percent. This dramatic shift has significantly improved beef quality and the consumer’s overall beef eating experience.

In the past 50 years, beef production per head of cattle in the U.S. herd has increased by more than 80%. The United States has become the most efficient beef producer in the world.

Technological improvements in the past 50 years have decreased the size of our total cattle herd. Without technology, we would need a beef herd of more than 180 million head to produce the 2004 beef supply instead of the current herd of 95+ million head of cattle. The environmental and land use implication of doubling the herd size would be significant.

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