The U.S. is the leader in sustainable beef production

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Research recently conducted by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service and The Beef Checkoff, and published in the journal Agricultural Systems, found that data commonly used to depict beef cattle’s environmental impact in the U.S. is often overestimated. The study, which is the most comprehensive beef lifecycle assessment to-date, evaluated greenhouse gas emissions, feed consumption, water use and fossil fuel inputs. In all these areas, beef’s environmental impacts were found to be less than previously reported. Specifically, the report found:
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Trojans, Roughriders win five medals at State Track

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OMAHA - With three individual medalists and two medaling relays, Cambridge and Southwest brought home five medals from the Class D State Track and Field Meet in Omaha last Wednesday and Thursday. The Cambridge girls team wrapped up its stellar season with three medals, including a second place finish from Paige Klumpe in the high jump and a fifth place medal from Autumn Deterding in the pole vault.
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Beef supplies essential nutrients and promotes health in a uniquely efficient way

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A 3-ounce serving of lean beef provides 10 essential nutrients in about 170 calories, including high-quality protein, zinc, iron and B vitamins. No other protein source offers the same nutrient mix. Furthermore any one of the nearly 40 cuts of beef considered lean can be included as part of a heart-healthy diet to support cardiovascular health, according to recent research from Purdue University. Additionally, research has consistently demonstrated that the nutrients in beef promote health throughout life.
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Sports

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Brenna Deterding of Cambridge competed in the 800 meter and the 1600 meter run Thursday morning at the 2021 State Track & Field Championship. Brenna also started off the Cambridge Girl’s 3200 meter relay, which ended up placing 8th.
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Sustainable food system: Would less beef be better?

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Cattle are beneficial in a sustainable food system because of their unique stomach structure, which allows them to eat and digest what we as humans can’t. In addition to the grasses they graze on for most of their lives, they can eat numerous other byproducts from plant-based food production, such as brewers grains, pea pulp, beet tops, potato peelings and sunflower hulls, which are all byproducts of human activities or other products, such as pea-protein burgers and meat crumbles. Instead of going to a landfill, cattle eat these “waste” products and turn them into a high-quality protein edible for human consumption.