Posted by MarkB_MI on February 06, 2015 at 02:37:47 from (70.194.0.224):
In Reply to: high plains posted by Brian806 on February 05, 2015 at 10:12:28:
One word: DRY
I grew up in northeastern Colorado where our family farmed. I still own a little property out there. Modern no-till farming has made huge improvements over how we farmed dryland back in the seventies. We could only get a crop every other year. You "summer fallowed" the off years, tilling the soil enough to keep weeds under control. Nowadays they "chemical fallow", using herbicides to control weeds without losing moisture. No-till farmers can get two crops every three years.
There was a lot of irrigation in the seventies, but depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer is forcing the shutdown of wells. I can't imagine there will be any irrigation twenty years from now.
As farms get bigger and bigger, the population is dwindling. It's not uncommon for folks to drive ninety miles for groceries. Farmland prices are high, making it nearly impossible to get into farming if your family doesn't already own land. Much of the employment these days is in the oil and gas fields.
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