Agriculture and Rural Land Use

The slides below introduce you to several important kinds of land use in rural Wisconsin, and how they are often related to both the physical geography of different parts of the state and specific types of farming.

Note: After reading the prior sections in the textbook, and after viewing this slideshow and the two accompanying lectures, you should be able to:

• Identify where Wisconsin’s physical geography is suited to high-intensity agriculture, low-intensity (crop) agriculture, dairy agriculture, forestry, and mining activities today
• Identify where we find high-intensity agriculture, low-intensity (crop) agriculture, dairy agriculture, forestry, and mining activities today
• Give a basic explanation of why activities are located where they are
• Identify whether a photo of a farm likely shows high- or low-intensity agriculture
• Summarize historical changes in land use and resource management in Wisconsin agricultural and forestry