Ever wonder just how McDonald’s popular hamburgers are made?

Well, according to Business Insider, ranchers throughout the country supply the meat, but beef is also imported from countries like Canada, New Zealand and Australia.

And for the first half of their lives, the cattle graze on grass but are later fed a diet of grasses, grains and minerals.

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Public Service Commission candidate Peter Hubbard gets a hug from Brionté McCorkle, executive director of Georgia Conservation Voters, during an election-night party in Southwest Atlanta on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025.  (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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