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To: Slagle who wrote (67096)	8/7/2005 5:10:53 PM
From: Moominoid	Respond to of 74559

Lots of land that LOOKS like it could be farmed is worthless. Many soils are underlain by a hardpan, so if there is even a slightly more wet year than normal the plants rot at the root. Lots of the US southeast is like this. Looks good but for farming is useless for anything but pine trees. Really, all the productive land is ALREADY in cultivation. Sure, there is always some adittional land but less than you would think. And that presently under cultivation is needed to feed us. And an increasisng amount of good land is being covered up with useless McMansions. Agree :)