How is the increase in corn and soy production related to livestock production for meat? The same farms that grow the corn and soy also raise livestock. Livestock is rotated into the fields where corn and soy are produced to fertilize the fields. Much of the grain produced is fed to animals raised for meat. Corn and soy products are often eaten by people in the same meals as meat products. There is no relationship between the two variables.

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Boston Golden

5 November, 03:41

How is the increase in corn and soy production related to livestock production for meat? The same farms that grow the corn and soy also raise livestock. Livestock is rotated into the fields where corn and soy are produced to fertilize the fields. Much of the grain produced is fed to animals raised for meat. Corn and soy products are often eaten by people in the same meals as meat products. There is no relationship between the two variables.

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Jimmy Browning · Answer 1

Much of the grain produced is fed to animals raised for meat

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The production of soy and corn is directly related with the production of meat. In the past century, these two crops have become the main nutrition for feeding the livestock, so it can easily be seen that the rise of these crops is pretty much the same as the rise of the meat production. They are used for feeding the livestock because they are easy to grow, highly nutritious, and cheap. The soy and corn diet result in quicker growth of the livestock as well as bulking up, thus there is more meat per single head of livestock.