http://granitegeek.disqus.com/enSat, 10 Mar 2007 13:33:43 -0000http://granitegeek.org/2007/03/09/biofuel-shmiofuel/#comment-2109654<p>Land is too expensive in southern NH - and the rest of the state, I imagine - to grow enough hay to feed any kind of cattle herd. (That's why hay is so expensive here - it's not just because horse owners are willing to pay more than farmers.) Corn carries a lot more calories per square foot of land.</p>Dave BrooksSat, 10 Mar 2007 13:33:43 -0000http://granitegeek.org/2007/03/09/biofuel-shmiofuel/#comment-2109653<p>Perhaps we should put the cow chips to work and capture the methane instead.</p><p>David, you've hit on several good issues in this post, one of which is really puzzling to me. I grew up in the farm country of western Mass. On the old yankee farms where I worked as a boy, the cows were fed hay, not corn. Fertilizer, other than manure, wasn't needed. It seemed like a very self-sufficient and sustainable cycle. Why has that changed, and why wouldn't hay be a viable option for feed?</p>AdamSat, 10 Mar 2007 09:01:34 -0000