Industrial farming: research indicates Tyson's feed crops use farmland almost twice the size of New Jersey

A Union of Concerned Scientists estimate of the acres of feed crop in Tyson’s supply chain in 2020

Farmland for Tyson’s feed crops

10m acres

Chicken

3.1m acres

of soybeans

1.8m acres

of corn

Pork

Beef

1.8m

1.4m

1.6m

390k

Twice the area of New Jersey

11.2m acres

Farmland for Tyson’s feed crops

10m acres

Chicken

3.1m acres

of soybeans

1.8m acres

of corn

Pork

Beef

1.8m

1.4m

1.6m

390k

Twice the area of New Jersey

11.2m acres

Farmland for

Tyson’s feed crops

10m acres

Chicken

3.1m acres

of soybeans

1.8m acres

of corn

Pork

Beef

Twice the area

of New Jersey

11.2m acres

1.8m

1.4m

1.6m

390k

Farmland for

Tyson’s feed crops

10m acres

Chicken

3.1m acres

of soybeans

1.8m acres

of corn

Pork

Beef

Twice the area

of New Jersey

11.2m acres

1.8m

1.4m

1.6m

390k

Farmland for Tyson’s feed crops

10m acres

Chicken

3.1m acres

of soybeans

1.8m acres

of corn

Twice the area

of New Jersey

11.2m acres

Pork

Beef

1.8m

1.4m

1.6m

390k

Guardian graphic. Source: Union of Concerned Scientists. Note: The estimates use weekly capacity and utilization rates from Tyson’s annual reports. The feed calculations were based on a study done by Peters, et al. 2014 and data from Tyson and the USDA.