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What about Colorado? Seems like a good place for agriculture. And they are getting more rain than California at this time.

by pkaye 12y ago

cwal37 12y ago
Does Colorado[1] really look like such a great place to grow crops? Particularly in the context of what we're talking about here, water availability, snowpack changes, etc. Also, Colorado via Drought Monitor[3]. Iowa[2] for comparison. [1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Colorado/@38.9252672,-105.5452078,540625m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x874014749b1856b7:0xc75483314990a7ff https://www.google.com/maps/place/Colorado/@38.9252672,-105.... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iowa/@41.9383166,-93.3897979,517519m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x87ee5e6ff1f86019:0xc6ef634a57c759d9 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iowa/@41.9383166,-93.38979... [3] http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CO http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?...
dragonwriter 12y ago
> What about Colorado? Seems like a good place for agriculture. Most of the parts of Colorado that are good for agriculture (e.g., not the Rockies) are already being used for agriculture. You can't really replace the area of California currently being used for agriculture with agriculture-suitable land in Colorado that isn't already being used for agriculture.
Balgair 12y ago
Ummm, because there is snow there and not in Salinas.
- AnimalMuppet 12y ago
  Right. But the snow there means that there's going to be water there...
  - dragonwriter 12y ago
    Temperature (and, particularly for many crops, frequency and duration of freezes) is an important consideration in growing crops. Water is important, too, but its not the only consideration in agriculture.
    - pkaye 12y ago
      But Minnesota is one of the top agriculture states and being up north, they have more severe winters.
      - dragonwriter 12y ago
        > But Minnesota is one of the top agriculture states and being up north, they have more severe winters. It also has a very different crop mix than California.
        Balgair 12y ago
        Yeah, Cali has oranges and berries and whatnot. Good luck trying to get those to grow in Mn year round without a diesel heater.

What about Colorado? Seems like a good place for agriculture. And they are getting more rain than California at this time.

by pkaye 12y ago

What about Colorado? Seems like a good place for agriculture. And they are getting more rain than California at this time.

cwal37 12y ago

Does Colorado[1] really look like such a great place to grow crops? Particularly in the context of what we're talking about here, water availability, snowpack changes, etc. Also, Colorado via Drought Monitor[3]. Iowa[2] for comparison. [1] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Colorado/@38.9252672,-105.5452078,540625m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x874014749b1856b7:0xc75483314990a7ff https://www.google.com/maps/place/Colorado/@38.9252672,-105.... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iowa/@41.9383166,-93.3897979,517519m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x87ee5e6ff1f86019:0xc6ef634a57c759d9 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Iowa/@41.9383166,-93.38979... [3] http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CO http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?...

dragonwriter 12y ago

> What about Colorado? Seems like a good place for agriculture. Most of the parts of Colorado that are good for agriculture (e.g., not the Rockies) are already being used for agriculture. You can't really replace the area of California currently being used for agriculture with agriculture-suitable land in Colorado that isn't already being used for agriculture.

Balgair 12y ago

Ummm, because there is snow there and not in Salinas.

AnimalMuppet 12y ago
Right. But the snow there means that there's going to be water there...
- dragonwriter 12y ago
  Temperature (and, particularly for many crops, frequency and duration of freezes) is an important consideration in growing crops. Water is important, too, but its not the only consideration in agriculture.
  - pkaye 12y ago
    But Minnesota is one of the top agriculture states and being up north, they have more severe winters.
    - dragonwriter 12y ago
      > But Minnesota is one of the top agriculture states and being up north, they have more severe winters. It also has a very different crop mix than California.
      - Balgair 12y ago
        Yeah, Cali has oranges and berries and whatnot. Good luck trying to get those to grow in Mn year round without a diesel heater.