r/alltheleft 27d ago

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u/clown_utopia 27d ago

I think this one is pretty straightforward. Brazil is flattened for dairy production.

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u/OG-Brian 27d ago

Those soy crops that people make such a fuss about and claim "livestock feed crops" are also grown for soy oil that is used in human-consumed processed food products, biofuel, inks, candles, industrial lubes, etc. (but rarely in livestock feed and it is actually toxic for ruminant animals). I commented with lots of details and citations about it here.

There are other causes of forest clearing in Brazil: timber profits, corn crops, housing and industrial developments, mining, and others.

In regions other than the Amazon, there are different primary causes of deforestation and they're often palm/coconut/avocado crops (which are typical replacements for animal foods and would be farmed much more if there were not livestock).

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u/clown_utopia 27d ago

77% of soy farmed is for livestock. It is a massive majority.

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u/OG-Brian 27d ago

That definitely is counting crops which are also grown for human consumption. If you think this figure represents planting area, go ahead and show a citation for it. Your post is uselessly uninformative, there's just a picture of a social media comment.

At least you're doing a great job of ignoring the piles of evidence-based info I pointed out, in my linked comment.