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How much arable land does livestock take up?
by jiveturkey42 4y ago
How much arable land does livestock take up?
- kickout 4y agoNot much, most of that land literally has no use besides animal grazing.
- trompetenaccoun 4y agoThe majority of animals doesn't "graze", they're locked in factory farms. And you're ignoring the land needed to grow the feed, which makes a major difference.
- goatlover 4y agoSpeaking of beef, there's a lot of cows that graze in the US West on a lot of pasture.
- legulere 4y agoAt least here in Europe most meat is produced with animal feed grown on arable land (mostly in South America).
- onlyrealcuzzo 4y agoNearly everywhere cattle can graze, you can grow other crops. As a percentage of all livestock land usage, there is not much chicken, goat, or pig grazing left in the world. It is true most other livestock CAN utilize land that can't be used efficiently for other forms of agriculture. In practice, less so.
- User23 4y agoThere's not much use for the heaths in western England besides grazing sheep.