Why do they do cattle ranching in the rain forest?

Answer 1

They don't use the rainforest. It's the land that the rainforest was once on that is used. Rainforests are cut down and burned to allow for more farming to be done, and grass seed to be sown so cattle can graze in those areas. The more land that a cattle baron can purchase, the larger his cattle herd can be and the more profit he can obtain when selling excess stock. Land that had been "improved" or been converted from rainforest to agricultural land is cheaper than land that has been used for agricultural purposes, thus making it a good investment for such ranchers to make as a means to increase their land size and thus their herd as well.

Answer 2

Cattle ranchers don't need the rainforest at all. They just need the land that is left behind from where the rainforest was cut down and converted to crop production. Once the land is no longer suitable for growing crops, it is resold to ranchers and put into grass for their cattle.

The major reason that rainforest is cut down, then, is for crop production, not for cattle grazing. Cattle grazing is secondary, but gets the most publicity because they're there for much longer than the crops tend to be.

Answer 3

They want to turn the rain forest land into more grazing areas for their cattle. Demand for cattle products, such as leather and meat, rises with population growth. More people = more demand = more cattle raising = more land needed.

Answer 4

It's not the cattle that are affecting the rainforest, it's the humans that raise them. Humans cut down trees to provide more grazing land for their cattle, which ultimately decrease the amount of natural rainforest that is left.

Answer 5

They don't use the rainforest. They use what's left of the rainforest, being the land that is turned into grass in order to feed their cattle.

Answer 6

Cattle ranchers use the rain forest to keep the products that they are going to need and make them big and strong and then kill them for their meat. Companies that do this are like McDonalds.

Answer 7

They don't. Ranching is down outside of the rainforest, not within it itself.

Answer 8

they want to because they want to build a ranch there