Perhaps the greatest impact will be on the land used for cultivation and grazing. The land is the very core of agrarian socioeconomic systems, remove or degrade land for agrarian use and you alter the entire system. Weather and Climate plays an extremely important role in the land use decisions that farmers and ranchers make on daily and year to year basis. Weather tends to affect the shorter temporal scale while climate tends to be inclusive or restrictive, long term, on how land is utilized. References to the adaptability of farmers abound, the standard catch all phrase "there’s always next year" seems to sum up the this trait. Current models indicate the possibility of greater swings in extreme weather and shifting of agricultural zones, if these models prove true the ability of the modern farmer to adapt to these changes will greatly enhanced if advanced warnings of possible change can be developed.

Land use relating to climate change and variability is not restricted to pure agricultural use, changes in the landscape will affect recreation activities of the agrarian society. Habitat changes may affect the hunting and fishing activities enjoyed by the people of this region.