If you believe that cattle contribute carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, you should reconsider the entire carbon cycle.
Atmospheric carbon dioxide is used by grasses and herbs in photosynthesis, to create new growth. Assuming that the pastures are not over-grazed or fertilized, then there is no other source for the carbon than from the air. So, all the carbon atoms in a beast came from the air.
Some carbon returns to the air in flatulence from the animal. Since there are no new carbon atoms heading back to the atmosphere from cattle which did not originate from air anyway, there cannot possibly be any nett addition of carbon to the atmosphere due to cattle in a healthy grass-fed system.
Remain skeptical of pseudo-scientific bunkum.
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