According to a study published in Environmental Research Letters, 30 million acres of U.S. cropland lie abandoned.

According to a recent analysis, almost 30 million acres of cropland in the United States have been abandoned since the 1980s. The study, which was published in Environmental Research Letters, provides a thorough examination of property with enormous potential for the environment and the economy. Between 1986 and 2018, the area was abandoned at a rate of more than one million...