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This comment explains it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12658321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12658321
by losvedir 10y ago
This comment explains it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12658321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12658321
- rmason 10y agoThank you, that really does explain a lot. If the economics are good I am surprised that this hasn't been tried in other places in the world. Saudi Arabia installed center pivots in the desert to grow wheat back in the seventies. I believe at the time the US price of wheat was $3.00 per bushel and the Saudi's production cost was $12 a bushel but they still thought it was worthwhile to have some home grown wheat.