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Originally Posted by Topspinmo
You might want take google earth trip across Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and many more. Only the area they can’t bulldozer has forest. I grew up in NW Missouri. There little timber left except along Missouri River loom hills where they haven’t figure out financially how to flatten plant row crops yet. wait couple more generations and even they will be gone.
The only areas along rivers are Boggs or swap where they can’t drain. IMO any tributary that flows water should of had 50 yard path on each bank to prevent erosion and habit for wild life. The program that allows land to go unplowed part of farm subsidies programs. Under farm subsidies they can also get paid planting or not. Some Hugh farms can draw close to million dollars in just subsidies. Couple farms out in western Kansas made news over years for amount of money they got from farm subsidies. But, with any federal government programs there waste and fraud.
As kid use to here pheasant and quail all time, now there about as rare as dodo bird IMO in area I grew up in  |
That's all true. And I would like to add that habitat destruction that lowers the numbers of game birds has a NEGATIVE effect on the human quality of life. Pheasant, quail, and duck are great tasting and high in protein. Farmers and city types in Nebraska in the 1960s could lower the family cost for food and enjoy a weekend in the great American outdoors through the SPORT of hunting. It would often involve a cooperative adventure with man's best friend - a sporting dog.
.......Today high summer temperatures in states like Nebraska may make working outdoors and all outdoor sports and even camping and fishing too uncomfortable and even deadly for anyone over age 50. Factory farming may have eliminated the small farmer to the detriment of American society in the rural areas. With fewer small farms, America has less people with keen mechanical skills and love of animals and the land. Only the organic farms and specialized growers can survive. If there were more small farmers in rural America, they could better live through a recession or depression - it would be a more stable society.
........Small farms would be better in high heat climate conditions because they would leave more trees standing than the factory farms. The trees leaves would better reflect the sun's heat and would give more evaporation cooling effect. In general, there are a lot of advantages like to climate and a stable rural society that small farms bring. Maybe government should support them more with tax advantages and other forms of support?