farmland

The western Texas town of Seminole - population 7,000 - is bordered by miles of rural farmland and oil fields.

Large tracts are held in public ownership, but significant sections are privately-owned farmland.

Developer Springfield Properties has secured outline planning permission to build on farmland near Culloden House, which was Bonnie Prince Charlie's battlefield headquarters.

The water flows in aqueducts and canals to desert farmlands and cities from Palm Springs to San Diego.

The move followed years of calls for land reform, with activists and politicians seeking to redistribute farmland from the white minority.