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No, it doesn't compete with human suitable food or land used for growing human suitable food.

Without livestock agriculture, most of our farmland in the US would not be farmable. Also, most of the "grain" we feed cows is waste from ethanol production, not corn humans eat.



It does compete for water and cropland. And ethanol production is also a waste of resources




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