How much *arable* land does livestock take up?

kickout · on May 2, 2022

Not much, most of that land literally has no use besides animal grazing.

trompetenaccoun · on May 2, 2022

The majority of animals doesn't "graze", they're locked in factory farms. And you're ignoring the land needed to grow the feed, which makes a major difference.

goatlover · on May 2, 2022

Speaking of beef, there's a lot of cows that graze in the US West on a lot of pasture.

legulere · on May 2, 2022

At least here in Europe most meat is produced with animal feed grown on arable land (mostly in South America).

onlyrealcuzzo · on May 2, 2022

Nearly everywhere cattle can graze, you can grow other crops.

As a percentage of all livestock land usage, there is not much chicken, goat, or pig grazing left in the world.

It is true most other livestock CAN utilize land that can't be used efficiently for other forms of agriculture. In practice, less so.

User23 · on May 2, 2022

There's not much use for the heaths in western England besides grazing sheep.