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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by bayesian_horse on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:02PM (#31879100)
As I said, there's a limit to such land, and a limit to how much cattle that can be raised on that land.

There's a reason why cattle farming went from extensive to intensive methods.

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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by donarb on Saturday June 25, 2022 @07:17PM (#31879539)
Limit? The US federal government has over 100 million acres of public land for animal grazing.
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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by bayesian_horse on Sunday June 26, 2022 @05:47AM (#31882456)
If that were such a great and practical ressource, they'd be overflowing with cattle or sheep herds like in New Zealand. But it's not. Also the density of grazing isn't that great.
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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by ncmncm on Saturday June 25, 2022 @08:17PM (#31879862)
That is another problem.

And it anyway affects only the US, a very small fraction of world population or land area. That the US is a very large part of the problem, e.g. importing beef, does not help.

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Re:Most of the world’s grain is not eaten by humans by avgcorrection on Saturday June 25, 2022 @06:25PM (#31879242)
What? There’s a limit to highlands? That entirely depends on where you live. ;)
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