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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by jamil7 on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @11:49AM (#18337856)
> American pasture lands, for instance, are not normally arable lands (cannot be used for cropland).

This is a fair point but unfortunately intensive animal agriculture (in feedlots) dominates US and world beef production which requires the growing of corn and other grains to feed entirely or supplement grass-fed beef, introducing further environmental impacts.

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Re:Humanity has wiped out 60% of animals since 1970, major r... by jaegerpicker on Tuesday October 30, 2018 @02:07PM (#18339627)
feedlots do not dominate US beef ranching. It is regularly used but the average head of cattle spends less than six months in a feedlot per it's average 1.5-2 year lifecycle. Even so advocating that feedlots are replaced by grass fed cattle is much more likely to happen and the growth of the grass fed beef industry shows that it is/can happen.
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