Looks an interesting read but it's a bs signup jobby. Anywhere else?tegirinenashi wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:56 amhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ideolo ... 1594572501
Looks an interesting read but it's a bs signup jobby. Anywhere else?tegirinenashi wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:56 amhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ideolo ... 1594572501
Been finding your post very interesting but struggling to believe the above statement, I would have thought the overall impact would still be reduced even if the intensity went up. Surely theres a limit to how intensly you can farm? I suppose the level of land reduction and intensity of farming would need to be quantified to really work it out.
Finally..... welcome to the conversationslide wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:08 pmyou can make it as complicated as you like , the simple fact is farming needs predicable weather patterns with in a very small margin , and as the last few summers -particulary the last 3 summers have shown us that predicable weather is long gone , what we have now is extremes ,drought, 2 months rain in 3 hours ,storms , winds that create huge damage, arable farming doesn't stand a chance,with stability fast running away
This is as wrong as you possibly could be. I live in a region where agriculture is the main economic driver. This region produces food for the rest of the world. In my lifetime, which I admit is insignificant, I have seen droughts and deluges.slide wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:08 pmyou can make it as complicated as you like , the simple fact is farming needs predicable weather patterns with in a very small margin , and as the last few summers -particulary the last 3 summers have shown us that predicable weather is long gone , what we have now is extremes ,drought, 2 months rain in 3 hours ,storms , winds that create huge damage, arable farming doesn't stand a chance,with stability fast running away
The common term for the intensity in which you farm is "inputs". Inputs include working the soil and the energy that goes into that, adding natural amendments to the soil, controlling pH and a host of other factors regarding the chemical composition of the soil, along with fertilizer and herbicides/pesticides. Also you can factor in irrigation as part of the cost in addition to the above.prop_joe wrote: ↑Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:16 pmBeen finding your post very interesting but struggling to believe the above statement, I would have thought the overall impact would still be reduced even if the intensity went up. Surely theres a limit to how intensly you can farm? I suppose the level of land reduction and intensity of farming would need to be quantified to really work it out.
Proppy, I can certainly do some pictures riding that rail in a lab coat and glasses if that's your thing! I'm all up for doing whatever you and everyone else thinks is cool!
If you use lots of surface or groundwater to keep your crops watered at the right time, and if you use tons of fertilizer and chemicals on your crops, replant the same exact crops on the same piece of land over and over again, then you genetic engineer the hell out of your seeds, you can strip the soil of pretty much every nutrient and everything living, and have a very abundant crop.
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