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abandoned cropland

A map showing the percentage of abandoned farmland within a 36-square-kilometer area. Most of the more than 30 million acres of cultivated land abandoned between 1986 and 2018 is concentrated in the Great Plains and the Mississippi River valley.

Abandoned farmlands could play a role in fighting climate change. A new study shows exactly where they are

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