In the United States, where land is cheap, the ratio of land to labor used in cattle raising is higher than that of land used in wheat growing. But in more crowded countries, where land is expensive and labor is cheap, it is common to raise cows by using less land and more labor than Americans use to grow wheat. Can we still say that raising cattle is land-intensive compared to farming wheat? Why or why not?

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Madeleine Buchanan

8 January, 15:51

In the United States, where land is cheap, the ratio of land to labor used in cattle raising is higher than that of land used in wheat growing. But in more crowded countries, where land is expensive and labor is cheap, it is common to raise cows by using less land and more labor than Americans use to grow wheat. Can we still say that raising cattle is land-intensive compared to farming wheat? Why or why not?

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Mara Dorsey · Answer 1

Yes, raising cattle is land intensive.

Explanation:

In the US there are fewer cowboys per acre of land than wheat farmers per acre of land.

In other countries that do not have a lot of land, generally cows are raised in feed lots and there are much more cowboys per acre of land working, as well as much more cows per acre of land.

So therefore, we can say that raising cattle is land intensive compared to farming wheat because more land is used than labor.