Earth is a watery place, with around 70 percent of its surface covered in water, the vast majority of which is salt water. This leaves around 30 percent of the planet's surface as potential farmland, totaling just over 57 million square miles. That's a lot of land, but much of it is...
If you were looking at how much is 1 acre of land in, say, Brooklyn, New York, you could expect a value of more than $20 million. However, an acre in a Midwest state’s residential area might only cost less than $10,000. You can still buy large tracks of land in Northern Maine...
How much land is needed for a chicken farm? How much does it cost to build a chicken farm house? How much is the chicken equipment? How much does it cost to keep chickens? In recent years, breeding technology has developed very fast. Many chicken farms have begun to become industrialized...
Drone pioneers bring digitalization to the farm Nicolás took up farming out of family tradition and has never regretted it: “My family has been farming for 60 years. It was my good fortune to be born into this rice-farming family. I decided to carry on the family tradition.” For more ...
How much food do you buy each week? Do you finish everything that you buy? If not, what will you do with the leftover(吃剩的) food? Save it for another time or throw it into the bin? Throwing away unwanted food has become a big problem. Most food waste happens at supermarkets. ...
Perhaps the best way to think of “setting aside” land for pollinators is to suppose a farmer is considering how much land to clear in order to establish a new farm in an area that is initially covered by forest or meadow. The farmer would clear part of the land to grow her crop an...
Imagine a farmer in India growing millet on two acres of land. Rain has been scarce this year, and a new type of pest ate much of his crop. He’s concerned that his tried-and-true practices are not as effective as they used to be, and he’s wondering what might increase his odds...
How Much of Farm Program Benefits Are Lost to Farm Operators Via Capitalization into Land Values?doi:10.2307/1236488W. WilcoxJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics
especially if you’re planning on using machines to work on the land or drive to your farm to work on it. In either case, having an accessible land is advantageous as it helps you move easily in and out of your farm. This may not seem like much in the beginning but it can become ...
Investors considering a raw land purchase are engaging in aspeculativeinvestment. Undeveloped land does not generate any income. Any return on investment will come from the potentialcapital gainwhen the land is sold. With this in mind, thecost of debtfor a farm real estate loan can be used to...