0tterbot wrote:

what i'm trying to say is that definitions of "unviable" might be a bit
limited - in settling on the definition, i'd hope that not only
"traditional" farming is considered. anything can be farmed, it's just a
question of where, when, and how!

Well, theoretically, all land is viable, but practically it is often
easier and a far side cheaper to just movwe elsewhere {:-).


My formal first farming lesson was about another sort of viability. At
one stage in NSW, rockmelons were a luxury and fetched high prices. So
someone worked out that he could very easily grow, well a plane load at
Broken Hill and fly them to the Sydney Markets and sell them at massive
profits. Great Idea, What eventually transpired was that when the plane
load hit the markets, there was a major glut and he lost very badly.