# Agriculture and the tilt of the Earth

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**Created:** [June 6, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agriculture-and-the-tilt-of-the-earth/248925 "2004-06-06T06:19:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Standup\_Karmic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Standup\_Karmic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Standup_Karmic)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agriculture-and-the-tilt-of-the-earth/248925/1 "2004-06-06T06:19:16Z")

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If the Earth were not tilted, what would be different about agriculture?

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**Author:** ![Vision\_of\_Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Vision\_of\_Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vision_of_Love)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agriculture-and-the-tilt-of-the-earth/248925/2 "2004-06-06T08:13:45Z")

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There wouldn’t be seasons, so I guess every region would get the same crops all year round, unless they decide to change them.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2004, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agriculture-and-the-tilt-of-the-earth/248925/3 "2004-06-06T08:18:37Z")

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The combination of the Earth’s tilt, rotation, and orbit causes the seasons - _precession_ and _libration_ are the ‘proper’ words IIRC, the latter being vastly more important. No tilt does not mean no seasons, but the seasonal changes would be very much less and solely due to the changing distance between the Earth and the Sun.

And both Northern and Southern hemisperes would have winter at the same time.