"0tterbot" wrote in message
"Terryc" wrote in message
0tterbot wrote:

personally, i don't think there's such a thing as "unviable" land
in & of
itself -

The general adjective is farming and basically land meets this
criteria
when it can not be farmed in a sustainable way, i.e. you are
generally
degrading the land over time. Another definition of unviable is
that the
"farm" can not return a profit, which is also a reasonable
definition.

Although most unviable land is thought to be (for NSW) in the
western
division, there is some lands on the west of the dividing range
that is
also unviable. There are a number of farms that basically survive
from
collecting wild goats.

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!

But not sustainably. Any land can be farmed if there is enough money,
equipment and the person owning the land is prepared to mine other
land or lands to bring in the materials to bring their land up to a
level where any form of farming (whether traditional or not) can take
place.