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It takes a lot of crops to feed animals, and those crops depend on enormous amounts of irrigation. The vast majority of agriculture exists for animal feed. I do
by gdubs 7y ago
It takes a lot of crops to feed animals, and those crops depend on enormous amounts of irrigation. The vast majority of agriculture exists for animal feed. I don’t know the exact source of that number, but I’d guess it included the water involved in growing those feed crops, not just what a cow drinks.
- Jedd 7y agoWhat number? CAFOs are objectively horrendous things. Feeding grain to ruminants is also horrendous. Using lots of fresh water, pesticides, herbicides, and fossil fuels to grow grain on high quality land -- rather than allowing grazing animals to graze on marginal lands -- is a highly dubious practice. Nothing about that cycle is good for any of us, any of the animals involved, or the soil or water resource management.