This Gene-Edited Calf Could Transform Brazil's Beef Industry | Moving Upstream

Gene-edited beef could be coming to dinner plates around the globe. In this episode of Moving Upstream, WSJ's Jason Bellini travels to Brazil to meet the world's first cow that’s been engineered for warmer climates.

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[rRobertSmith]

2 days in the lab saves 5 generations in the field....(you just saved 30 years, give or take) Now save coral reefs from heat stress and rhinos from

[nebraskafarmer]

You can accomplish the same thing through cross breeding, or by selecting heat tolerant breeds that marble well. It just takes a lot longer, which is why they want to do gene splicing.

[Vicful]

"Before Ginzelle becomes a cash cow..." joke skills level over 9000 ahahahahah

[badhonebrahim]

The most chilling dialogue ever "her offspring will be on our table "

[andrewwilliams]

Brangus cattle are a mix between angus and Brahman, which is a type of zebu cattle. Brazilian ranchers could use their semen and produce calves with high marbling and heat resistance

[Sayitlikitiz]

"Stop playing Gods!" The same thing the first farmer heard. Mankind and the fear of the unknown are an old story. I will chow on this gene-edited beef, anytime.

[VenezuelaNow]

I've traveled a lot in Brasil in the 90s and Ironically the one thing I loved the most was their lean beef, some of the best tasting stuff I"ve ever had, I'm not a big fan of soft marbled meat

[eye-in-the-skyproductions]

Yay more rainforest deforestation! Well done brazil

[boyuj]

"We call that precision breeding." Not GMO.
When this whole video is about how they made this genetically modified cow.

[sergio]

Why are there so many afraid people disliking the video?? This tech is going to happen, and it is for good, if you fear the unknown, learn about it.

[chriskepley]

This is a story. Senepol are actually near the quality of Angus. People have been doing Senepol x Angus for a while now in Brazil. Senepol are a unique breed from the US island of St. Croix. There is also the Brangus breed which is 3/8 Brahma and 5/8 Angus. It works pretty well in the heat.

[simpletechdaily]

Dang, Jason Bellini asks the hard questions. I have been watching a lot of his videos and they greatly inspire me. I always try to push my social skills to their utmost limit and feel that he does that or shows that very well. I would love to talk to him some day but he probably would not have the time.

[koolmyskool]

I can vouch that Brazilian beef tastes delicious.

[theseekertube]

this will have such a bad impact, they will put a patent on the gene, increase an already too huge industry, make the farmers obliged to buy the gene edited cow to be competitive. GMO's could be great things in the hand of communities interests instead of companies ones.

[nananakeson]

Omfg i'm so hyped for this, gonna wait this 10 years and always look for more information about that

[andybastos]

It's NOT a question of semantics. It either is genetically modified or is not. Of course, though, that Brazil will eventually approve it—for the right sum, as always.

[michaelcrockis]

"they think that gene editing might create animals with unforeseen problems".
You mean, like pugs? :)

[hotdogger]

This has been done in West Texas for nearly a decade now. Perfect clones of sheep, beef, and equine

[Birdylockso]

2.5 years later, does anyone know how this is working out? Things don't usually pan out as smooth as one would like, but this might be interesting.

[davidp]

So comforting to know that once all the Brazilian rainforests have been cleared and converted to monoculture pastureland, there will be vast flatulent herds of genetically modified beef cattle,  belching and farting greenhouse gases as they dominate what previously had been a bio-diverse environment.