> there a plentiful amount of otherwise land unused for agriculture? More like land that "shouldn't" be converted into agricultural lands (or ranches for that

> there a plentiful amount of otherwise land unused for agriculture? More like land that "shouldn't" be converted into agricultural lands (or ranches for that matter) I'm not sure if "grazing" is an issue, because the argument is what should we be encouraging our private farmers to be doing. (While "Grazing" questions tend to be a question on public lands IIRC) If you own 100 acres of wilderness, you can cut down all the trees and replace the grass with corn... or maybe you can leave the natural grass and harvest it instead. Natural grass grows wildly, its perfectly suited for the wild environment to grow quickly. Learning how to take advantage of the natural state of American land is a good idea. The question at hand is "is this a _profitable_ idea?" and that remains to be seen. I know they've been working on various chemistry, biofuels, etc. etc. to try to take advantage of natural grasses for a few decades now.