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> The only way I can even remotely believe that is that 'agricultural' includes pastures which are useless to humans for any other purpose. This is really inte
by 100721 3y ago
> The only way I can even remotely believe that is that 'agricultural' includes pastures which are useless to humans for any other purpose.
This is really interesting! I didn't know that pastures cannot support crops and/or buildings.
Why are pastures so limited in their usability?
- ben_w 3y agoHistorically speaking, hillsides and mountains are awkward for both homes and combine harvesters. Such land is currently where pasturing is most common. But such things are always conditional and depend on the tech. If Boston Dynamics robots start building the houses, or picking fruit and herbs on hillside orchards, such concerns probably stops mattering.
- scotty79 3y agoI think that it's mostly combination of location, soil and terrain shape. Letting cows graze on a plot of land isn't worth much. If you let the cows graze somewhere that's because you have no way of getting anything more from that piece of land. Lumping pastures with high class, farming suitable land is a bit dishonest.