<story><title>How America Uses Its Land</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rayiner</author><text>The one third being used for cows is misleading. Pasture is basically the Bureau of Land Management’s default use for the vast swaths of federal land. It’s like “here is this land, you’re allowed to graze on it with a permit.” That doesn’t produce that many cows—it’s more about politics and the fact that much of the land is good for little else besides growing grass.&lt;p&gt;The real land use from growing meat comes from the land used to grow the corn that feeds the cows. In the article, that’s counted as agricultural land, not pasture.</text></comment>
<story><title>How America Uses Its Land</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>deepsun</author><text>&amp;gt; According to The Land Report magazine, since 2008 the amount of land owned by the 100 largest private landowners has grown from 28 million acres to 40 million, an area larger than the state of Florida.&lt;p&gt;Wow, it&amp;#x27;s almost 50% increase in just 10 years.</text></comment>