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Or, you know, most of the UK, and in particular Scotland, where most of the farmland is hill grazing.
by Gordonjcp 3y ago
Or, you know, most of the UK, and in particular Scotland, where most of the farmland is hill grazing.
- AlotOfReading 3y agoAre you kidding? Most of the UK is phenomenal for crops, practically a garden of Eden. Do you think megafarms in Kent or even Herefordshire are on particularly marginal land? Yes, the Scottish Highlands are a marginal environment, but that's reflected in how many cattle they have. There are some 20m cattle in the UK. 1.7m are in Scotland. I couldn't find specific numbers for the highland counties, but only ~15k of those are highland breeds. That's also what I saw in Scotland. Lots of farms and ranches down south, very small villages with huge ranges/low densities up north.
- Gordonjcp 3y agoYes, and the thing you'll notice is that anything that's remotely viable for arable farming is used for just that. Even large-scale industrial farms still rotate pasture, though, because otherwise the soil gets spectacularly fucked up within about four years. Without cows, everyone would starve.