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>A common saying in Canada "a little warming can go a long way for Canadian agriculture" is looking outdated now. This was never accurate. The regions with goo
by TMWNN 5y ago
>A common saying in Canada "a little warming can go a long way for Canadian agriculture" is looking outdated now.
This was never accurate. The regions with good soil are already used. Northern Ontario isn't farmed because of climate, but because it's either muskeg or the Clay Belt. While the latter is good soil, all previous attempts to lure settlers failed because both muskeg and the Clay Belt are completely infested with black flies and mosquitos.
(Muskeg also covers Siberia.)
- munk-a 5y agoI think that was always a very silly sentiment because you'd need to get global warming just right but... Northern Quebec would also probably make a really good breadbasket if not for the fact that it's constantly frozen. Yes the prairies are terrible for farming due to the extremely poor soil - but Quebec has a lot of rich healthy land.
- kens 5y ago> the prairies are terrible for farming due to the extremely poor soil What? Farming is a major prairie industry due to the good soil. Are you confusing the prairies with another region? Source: grew up in a prairie farming town.
- munk-a 5y agoI was thinking more toward the shield - but my terminology for the region might be off.