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by samuelbalogh 1922 days ago
> You may be surprised to learn that cattle herd size has remained relatively stable over time

This doesn't seem to be true, at all.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/cattle-livestock-count-he...

This data goes back to 1962 and shows a trend. I suspect that if we had data from before the advent of industrial agriculture, that curve would tend to approximate lower and lower numbers as we go back in time.