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by subungual 1932 days 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....

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aad401#....

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-rethink-c....

https://agamerica.com/power-of-10-top-10-produce-crops-in-th...