Beef feedlots in southwestern Kansas: local change, perceptions, and the global change context |
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| Authors: | Lisa M B Harrington Max Lu |
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| Abstract: | Cattle feedlots, some of which have a capacity of tens of thousands of head, have become a major driving force in the local economy and changing landscape of southwestern Kansas. The feedlot industry also is one of the region's most important sources of carbon-equivalent greenhouse gases. Changes to the beef industry are described, and the perceptions and attitudes of feedlot operators regarding climatic change issues and industrial change are analyzed based on a 1998 survey. The results indicate that a majority of feedlot respondents believe ‘global warming’ is mostly an unproven theory, and efforts to mitigate it are unwarranted. |
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| Keywords: | Agriculture Perceptions Greenhouse gas emissions Cattle |
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