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How does the amount of grazing land compare with the amount of farmland?
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∙ 12y ago
Only 10% of the Earth's surface is used for crop production, and 26% is used as grazing land. Many areas on the Earth are unsuitable for crop production based on mainly topography, precipitation and soil type and quality, and are instead better utilized and managed with the use of grazing animals. However, such marginal land isn't the only land that is best for grazing, much of the land that is deemed suitable for crop production, such as that of the Midwest USA that used to be native prairie grasslands only 100 years ago, is still in fact best for grazing, primarily because of water.
Prairies are known for their extreme climate (hot, dry summers and cold, snowy winters, for example) and periods devoid of acceptable precipitation for growing corn and soybeans, thus irrigation needs to be utilized to grow such crops. Since water is becoming an increasingly worrying issue, it would only make sense to convert cropland back to native prairie and thus significantly reduce the use of irrigation, or at least the amount of land used for irrigation.
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∙ 9y ago
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What is Another name for grazing land?
Grazing land is land that is available for animals to graze (or eat grass) on. Another word for grazing land is pasture, rangeland, or grassland.
What is four-fifths of the world's farmland used to feed?
The world has at least 15 billion farm animals. They're grazing on at least one-fifth of the world's total land area. And they're eating the food that has been raised on at least four-fifths of the world's total farmland.
Can you build on grazing land?
no
What is crop land or farmland?
Farmland is land that is under cultivation to grow food crops, or land on which to breed animals for meat, milk, wool, leather, etc.
What do you call farmland?
Another name for farmland is arable land. The word arable comes from the Latin 'arabilis', which means land that can be plowed.
Do sheep ruin grazing land?
no
The unfenced grazing land of the west was given this name?
the unfenced grazing land of the west was given the name called the open range.
How does grazing affect soil?
Grazing affects soil because if there is too much grazing the land can become clear of all vegitation,
Why is it important to preserve farmland?
It is important to preserve farmland because the land produces crops that we eat.
In order to get more farmland the greeks?
tn order to get more farmland the geeks had to irrigate their land.
What is a three letter word for grazing area?
Lea is a grazing area or open land for cultivation.
Why are there few areas for farmland?
it not alot of land
