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One acre of land can feed one person for a year. That acre of land can be reused to feed a person for the subsequent year.

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How much is 15 acres of land?

In terms of square footage, 15 acres of land = 653,400 square feet.


How many farmers can farm two acres of land?

Often one farmer can farm way more than 2 acres of land. Most farmers can farm over 400 acres of land by themselves using the proper machinery.


How much would 100 acres of land cost in Greenland?

$200.00


Why are farms cut into 40 acre pieces?

Because when land in the US was originally being surveyed, they decided to break it up into one-square-mile blocks, or sections, of 640 acres. Those were broken up into quarter sections of 160 acres each, and those were divided down into 40 acre "quarter-of-a-quarter" pieces. This is why land descriptions are frequently seen described as "... the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of section 12...", for example. Because the earth is spherical, not all of the blocks are exactly 40 acres. Due to the necessity for what is called "correction lines", some of the blocks have to be slightly less than 40 acres.


How difficult and costly is it to maintain 2 acres of rural land in PA I am not talking about a beautifully landscaped property just something nice How much harder is it to maintain 8 acres of land?

Not enough information. The answer really depends on whether the acres are cleared farmland, forested, covered by a lawn, rocky, etc and what state of maintenance you want to keep them in. It also greatly depends on what your definition of maintained is since some people consider overgrown to be (self)maintained. Generally speaking, two acres isn't hard to keep in check, even with hand held equipment like a basic weed and brush trimmer, but 8 acres is some real land. I've got 10 acres of forested land, two of which have had the brush and undergrowth cleared from between the trees, and even with limited time, an afternoon twice a month with the weed and brush trimmer keeps it nice and open. I haven't gotten to my 'back 8' yet. If the whole 10 acre property had been brushed, I'd probably be spending one afternoon each weekend keeping after it. 4 acres of lawn or grassland can be taken care of in about 3 hours every ten days or so with a good follow behind lawnmower. (get the mulching mowers because you'll get really tired of emptying the damned thing on THAT much land.) In the end, if you're just doing upkeep on previously maintained land, two acres is easy and 8 isn't out of the question. If you're starting from overgrown, stumpy and brushy land that's never been cleared, it's a summers worth of weekends to clear out two acres.