Generally pasture land in the US at least doesn't get enough rainfall to be used as farmland without extensive irrigation, which isn't practical today given str

Generally pasture land in the US at least doesn't get enough rainfall to be used as farmland without extensive irrigation, which isn't practical today given strains on aquifers. I don't think the US could maintain its beef habit entirely on what we can raise on pastures but I think we ought to be eating less meat anyways.