"Terryc" wrote in message
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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!
kylie