Posted by paul on November 16, 2011 at 09:44:36 from (76.77.196.252):
In Reply to: OT. FUTURE OF FARMING posted by NE.IL on November 15, 2011 at 02:56:57:
I think the future of farming will be done in by govt regulation.
Pesticides and big fuel tanks and massive fertilizer piles require regulation, I get that, but the nickel & dime regulation of engines, dust, smells, family labor, and so forth is going to doom the mid sized farmer.
Can't get a replacement engine block for an old tractor, well can't afford the $200,000 plastic & computer tractor that is allowed, and really nothing to replace it with, can't find a combine that fits 6 rows easily, will be all 12 row in another 10 years....
Farming in the USA is going the way of farming in USSR of a few decades ago - hired labor, huge farms, you quit when your shift is up never mind if a rain is coming, production is by the numbers, not by what works for that 10 acres. Regulated & controlled by EPA and OSHA. Might be coop or industry run, not govt run like USSR was, but ends up about the same - bread lines for the city dwellers. ;)
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