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Re:How America Uses Its Land by TomMarius on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @09:53AM (#17662482)
I think that the point was that only minority of this land is really used for this purpose.
Re:How America Uses Its Land by snowwrestler on Wednesday August 01, 2018 @11:03AM (#17663099)
No, the point was that using such land for grazing does not actually produce a high percentage of cattle raised for meat, vs. feedlots where cattle eat corn grown on farmland.

From an ecosystem impact perspective, though, arid land that only occasionally hosts herds of cattle is still going to be significantly affected, compared to similar land that is protected from any commercial grazing.