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> American pasture lands, for instance, are not normally arable lands (cannot be used for cropland). This is a fair point but unfortunately intensive animal ag
by jamil7 8y ago
> American pasture lands, for instance, are not normally arable lands (cannot be used for cropland).
This is a fair point but unfortunately intensive animal agriculture (in feedlots) dominates US and world beef production which requires the growing of corn and other grains to feed entirely or supplement grass-fed beef, introducing further environmental impacts.
- jaegerpicker 8y agofeedlots do not dominate US beef ranching. It is regularly used but the average head of cattle spends less than six months in a feedlot per it's average 1.5-2 year lifecycle. Even so advocating that feedlots are replaced by grass fed cattle is much more likely to happen and the growth of the grass fed beef industry shows that it is/can happen.