> You may be surprised to learn that cattle herd size has remained relatively stable over time This doesn't seem to be true, at all. https://ourworldindata.or

> You may be surprised to learn that cattle herd size has remained relatively stable over time This doesn't seem to be true, at all. https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cattle-livestock-count-heads?tab=chart&time=1961..2018&country=~OWID_WRL https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cattle-livestock-count-he... This data goes back to 1962 and shows a trend. I suspect that if we had data from before the advent of industrial agriculture, that curve would tend to approximate lower and lower numbers as we go back in time.