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Lots of people have done that. Much less work. If you can make enough money raising crops, why horse around with livestock. Who wants to go out in a blizzard and check cattle?
Much more a product of they were making better money farming than they had ever done (partially thanks to ethanol) and had enough cash flow to afford the privilege of NOT having livestock.