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by titzer 1920 days ago
> You may be surprised to learn that cattle herd size has remained relatively stable over time.

Do you have a source for this? Wikipedia says there are an estimated 75 million ruminants worldwide, while there was a peak of 1 billion cows on Earth in 2014.

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I've been doing some research on this lately.

US Numbers [0] direct from USDA and World Numbers [1] who claim to be from USDA but I haven't been able to confirm that yet.

[0] https://www.nass.usda.gov/Charts_and_Maps/Cattle/inv.php

[1] https://beef2live.com/story-world-cattle-inventory-1960-2014...