Most of this is rangeland. Rangeland is found in nearly every state, although it is concentrated in the West.
Pasture is often part of a crop rotation or a permanent use of land too difficult to till.
Most of the pasture is in the humid eastern half of the United States. The kinds, amounts, productivity, uses, products, and value of grazing land vary greatly from state to state. Over 1 million farms and ranches have grazing land on which livestock production is the major use. Grazing land also is valuable wildlife habitat and an important element of healthy watersheds . See our index of maps, facts, and figures on grazing land .