I believe there’s likely some inflated reporting with all AG census data. As there’s massive tax breaks available for land owners to report grazing usage and m

I believe there’s likely some inflated reporting with all AG census data. As there’s massive tax breaks available for land owners to report grazing usage and maintain agricultural exemptions I’m not surprised to see such a number. The reality I’ve seen is that almost all small-scale livestock production is barely utiling the land (if at all some years). A lot of small acreage land is used to produce donkeys and chickens so that the owners can maintain low taxes, but occasionally cattle, sheep and goats also. The exception is the corporate owned farms and long term family ranches that generally have over utilization issues as they try to produce as much profit as possible. Those owners seem to produce the vast amount of food in the USA. Here’s the cattle census for the US: https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resources/Ag_Atlas_Maps/Livestock_and_Animals/Livestock,_Poultry_and_Other_Animals/12-M135.php https://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2012/Online_Resou...