Re:Nitrogen fertilizer shortage threatens to cut global crop...
by tomrod on Saturday November 06, 2021 @10:10AM
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I agree, grandparent comment is pretty brash while also being substantively wrong.
Most of our meat in the US comes from factory farms.
> 70.4 percent of cows, 98.3 percent of pigs, 99.8 percent of turkeys, 98.2 percent of egg-laying hens, and over 99.9 percent of chickens raised for meat come from factory farms.
https://www.livekindly.co/99-animal-products-factory-farms/
This said, the range that beef cattle occasionally graze could be reclaimed, but not necessarily for legume production.
Legumes: https://gilmour.com/planting-zones-hardiness-map
Beef: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biolog...
There is overlap, but no where close to 100%.
Also, what's with the insulting tone?