Much of the farming in the Great Plains are facing a similar problem
@Retired_Engineer: More trouble on the horizon ?From a CNBC article: The farmland REIT continues to acquire more acreage. Farmland Partners currently owns 257 farms with an aggregate of 107,838 acres (including 126 farms totaling 32,963 acres under contract), including acreage in Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. And Pittman is continuing to bag more land in undervalued areas, like the Southeast."There's an excess amount of water there," said Pittman, whose REIT doesn't own farmland in water-challenged California.
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