The fields themselves are too soft/muddy for heavy machinery (and cows!).
So the farmers reduce the water table so the country isn't muddy?
How is that bad for everyone else, for the country to not be all muddy?
I dunno. Where I've always lived, ground that's too muddy to drive on is a rare event, not a continual state that can only be alleviated by lowering the water table. If I lived in a place where you couldn't drive on the ground because it was too muddy, I'd be all for lowering the water table to get some firm ground.
But I'm much more of a green than a red in that sense.
So the farmers reduce the water table so the country isn't muddy?
No, it's so the are they're farming on isn't too muddy for the heavy machinery.
They're not talking about the areas peope are normally driving on.
But the water table being lower than the rainfall means there's a drought and things are getting too dry. That's not good for anybody. It harms the very ecosystem they're trying to farm in.
The fields themselves are too soft/muddy for heavy machinery (and cows!).
So the farmers reduce the water table so the country isn't muddy?
How is that bad for everyone else, for the country to not be all muddy?
I dunno. Where I've always lived, ground that's too muddy to drive on is a rare event, not a continual state that can only be alleviated by lowering the water table. If I lived in a place where you couldn't drive on the ground because it was too muddy, I'd be all for lowering the water table to get some firm ground.
But I'm much more of a green than a red in that sense.
No, it's so the are they're farming on isn't too muddy for the heavy machinery. They're not talking about the areas peope are normally driving on.
But the water table being lower than the rainfall means there's a drought and things are getting too dry. That's not good for anybody. It harms the very ecosystem they're trying to farm in.