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The overwhelming majority (95-99%, from what I can find) of cattle in the United States are fed corn or soy. 98% of soy and 48.7% of all corn grown in the Unite
by subungual 6y ago
The overwhelming majority (95-99%, from what I can find) of cattle in the United States are fed corn or soy. 98% of soy and 48.7% of all corn grown in the United States are used to feed livestock. Corn is the top crop in the US and soy is #6. Replacing these monocultures with a variety of vegetables would do a great deal to improve farming sustainability in the country.
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/where_do_all_these_soybeans_go#:~:text=Ninety%20eight%20percent%20of%20soybean,to%20produce%20food%20for%20people https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/where_do_all_these_soybeans_go....
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aad401#:~:text=Currently%2C%20'grass%2Dfinished',current%20US%20supply%20%5B12%5D https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aad401#....
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-corn/#:~:text=Today's%20corn%20crop%20is%20mainly,of%20the%20rest%20is%20exported https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-c....
https://agamerica.com/power-of-10-top-10-produce-crops-in-the-u-s/ https://agamerica.com/power-of-10-top-10-produce-crops-in-th...