I expect a substantial portion of that cow pasture/range land is dry grasslands and shrub steppe out west. It's rough terrain and not good for much else. A lot of it doesn't even have cows on it most of the time.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 0 points 8 hours ago

if its alafalfa, i think alot of farm land are, its usually exported to the Middle east.

[–] Phytobus@lemm.ee 12 points 22 hours ago

It simply takes a loooot of food to produce 1kg of beef

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Vegans and ecologists have been talking about this exact issue for a while now

[–] ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 20 hours ago

literally decades. lots of talk around the conditions that bring new pandemics too.