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...10.6 grains for 1 planted! And growth over the last century truly means we don't understand how drastically easier it is to grow food now. In Missouri, bush
by daodedickinson 10y ago
...10.6 grains for 1 planted!
And growth over the last century truly means we don't understand how drastically easier it is to grow food now. In Missouri, bushels per acre increased from about 10 in 1915 to about 55 in 2015! (src = http://crops.missouri.edu/audit/images/WheatYields_MO.jpg http://crops.missouri.edu/audit/images/WheatYields_MO.jpg)
72 percent of the American workforce was in farming was 72 percent in 1820. (src = http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/20/us/farm-population-lowest-since-1850-s.html http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/20/us/farm-population-lowest-...) Now it seems to be between 1-2 percent.