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by aqme28 2711 days ago
Seems plausible within an order of magnitude. 1 pound of beef takes ~1,800 gallons of water.
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Please do not spread this twisted truth.

1. Those numbers are from all the rain hitting the pasture divided by by the cows mass (that is eatable)

1.a including whatever it eats

2. The way it's told makes it seem that none of the water is reused which is not true Though beef is a water intensive 'crop' it is not as bad as certain people makes it out to be.

Edit: formatting