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Maybe It’s Fine to Abandon Cropland - Ambrook Research

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A new study found that over 30 million acres of arable land has been abandoned since the 1980s. Spoiler: It might be a rare win for both farmers and the environment.

A new study found that over 30 million acres of arable land has been abandoned since the 1980s. Spoiler: It might be a rare win for both farmers and the environment. To describe the 30 million acres of America’s cropland that have transitioned out of row-cropping since the mid-1980s, the term “abandoned” isn’t quite accurate. It invokes something washed-up, useless, even tragic. Instead, we could call it retired land. Land that’s going through a midlife crisis. Land that just doesn’t know what it wants to be yet. Land that some researchers believe is perfectly positioned — in its second act —

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