Where is the cheap farmland that has good water and weather?
There is some here. Water is available in the sandy land area. The issue is input cost and the sandy land farms require fertilizer to yield anything. Dryland is less intensive but lower yield.
What has historically worked? Mixed, cattle, wheat, cotton and oil. More of the latter really helps the rest work.
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"Share The Land"
by The Guess Who
Maybe I'll be there to shake your hand
Maybe I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be givin' away
When we all live together,
We're talkin' 'bout together, now.....
Good water?
Currently in Michigan.
You are going to have to clear the land of brush and scrub but there is plenty of good clean water.
But if you are looking for good weather you are not going to find it this side of glory. The weather always hates you.