The US normal is feedlots (concentration camps for cows) or grass fed.
The South Americans do the same, they tend to have more grass available though. That said, much grassland is temporary grazing on the poor soils you get when you slash and burn the rainforest and is pretty much useless for anything after that. Now they are ploghing up good grassland this will get worse.

And of course every animal will be given growth promoters, beta agonists, steroids..depending on which country they are produced in.

www.argentinaindependent.com/socialissues/environment/the-hidden-costs-of-feedlots/

It's the beginning of the end. If we want high quality meat we have to be prepared to pay for it and few are. I can buy really tasty steak here in Western Canada very cheaply. We can also get really good grass fed beef but it is expensive. I tend to have a bit of both. This steak is better and way cheaper than pretty much anything you can get in Yurp, with the possible exception of Irish well aged stuff and the odd organic knit-your-own farm shoppe type who care enough to do it proper like.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 4 Jul 2013, 13:27, Reply)