Feed Crop Usage Overview
What are feed crops? Feed crops are those crops which are primarily grown to feed farmed animals. Most feed crops, especially the enormous use of corn and soybeans for feed, are a creation of factory farming. Instead of animals foraging for natural foods or given foods that humans consider waste products, feed crops are cultivated, […]
Feed Crop Takeaways
Feed Crop Takeaways Takeaways are key points detailed and referenced in the Feed Crop Figures & Conversion section Feed Crop Figures The amount of crop production and land usage devoted to feeding farmed animals is much larger than commonly understood. Feed crop production for factory farming is the central output of U.S. croplands. It is […]
Infographic – Feed Crops Share
This infographic offers key figures on the shares of the three largest U.S. crops to animal feed along with the harvested cropland they use. To download, click here