'Cost-saver' in industrial livestock agriculture may usually be taken to mean 'moral shortcut.'
Decades ago, it was men's role to search for pasture for the livestock but of late women are looking after livestock.
It is believed that products such as livestock and grain were used to barter (exchange goods and services without the use of money) over 10000 years ago.
When the livestock comes down for the winter what are we going to feed them? If our livestock goes, our culture goes.