tillable

Before bidding on that Michigan farm last summer, he visited five times to walk the property, which includes a house and land for commercial development as well as tillable fields.

Down on the farm, investors see big potential 2011

About 5,000 of his 9,850 tillable acres are affected by the spillway, he said.

Flood danger spreads along Mississippi 2011

Before bidding on that Michigan farm last summer, he visited five times to walk the property, which includes a house and land for commercial development as well as tillable fields.

Down on the farm, investors see big potential 2011

For the tillable parts, he figures he paid about $6,000 an acre.

Down on the farm, investors see big potential 2011

In the entire land, it is hard to find tillable land that is not already tilled; only sandy fields or stony hills, suitable at best for planting trees or vines and, even that after considerable work and expense in clearing and preparing them - only these remain unworked.

Matthew Yglesias » Gaza and Just War 2009

For the tillable parts, he figures he paid about $6,000 an acre.

Down on the farm, investors see big potential 2011

It is exceptionally dry, and so a distinguishing architectural feature is meticulous dry stone walls that shore up streets, buildings, and the steep terraces that make practically every bit of land tillable.

Dining with Dionysus 2008

It is exceptionally dry, and so a distinguishing architectural feature is meticulous dry stone walls that shore up streets, buildings, and the steep terraces that make practically every bit of land tillable.

Dining with Dionysus 2008

It is exceptionally dry, and so a distinguishing architectural feature is meticulous dry stone walls that shore up streets, buildings, and the steep terraces that make practically every bit of land tillable.

Dining with Dionysus 2008

The war took its toll destroying an estimated 17% of tillable land, including open fields, olive, date, and other fruit orchards.

Printing: Gaza One Year Later 2009