ultimately, the vast majority of the weight of the crop does go to animals, but between what people use for industry, what people eat, and the amount that is put into an oil press, people use 93% of the crop and the industrial waste from human use is what is fed to animals.
Do you have a reference for that. All the sources say the majority of the plant goes to animals.
ultimately, the vast majority of the weight of the crop does go to animals, but between what people use for industry, what people eat, and the amount that is put into an oil press, people use 93% of the crop and the industrial waste from human use is what is fed to animals.
The main profit of the crop is the animal feed. With less of that there would be less used. Also the oil is an inefficient use of land.
the last I checked, the oil was about half the value of a bean, and growing