[shrinkermd]

The 100th meridian goes from a little east of Bismark, North Dakota down to about San Antonio, Texas. West of this line was once called "the great American Desert." If not used now the fact remainsin most years there is not enough natural rainfall west of the 100th to sustain row crops. This means what is grown has to be by chance or irrigation.

[RedStateRocker]

You mean like using immense amounts of water to grow rice in the most arid parts of California?

[o_zarkman44]

I guess if the land goes idle, the government will gobble it up as part of the UN heritage area and make it a park unaccessable to most Americans for exploitation of whatever resources are available?

[NonValueAdded]

Whoa! What is a Steynian headline doing in the WaPo?

[STONEWALLS]

...the Washington Post hates farmers....they think food comes from the supermarket....the paper was an early supporter of Stalin, a man whose agricultural policies hurt the Russian people.

[Lurker]

Anything from the Environmental Working Group and the WaPo is immediately suspect.

When these two entities start calling for an immediate end to every farm subsidy I'll start listening.

Until then.....

L

[MSF BU]

Montana? I wonder if farmer Tester cashed in at all?