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> As technology improves, fewer people are required to work on farms. [...] I see something dramatic happening in the next 15 years I'm perplexed reading this.
by mehrdadn 8y ago
> As technology improves, fewer people are required to work on farms. [...] I see something dramatic happening in the next 15 years
I'm perplexed reading this. The number of people required to work on farms is already very low. Is there something particularly revolutionary happening with farming technology right now that would lower it dramatically again?
- 738472527784 8y agoI am sure harvests are still improving, due to automation, prediction and genetic engineering. Just not very visibly to outsiders. While the farms you know might superficially stagnate, same people running it, and so on, the total number of farms might decrease, and/or the population feeding on those harvests is increasing.
- abathur 8y agoNot sure, but I would guess they're just extrapolating these trends onto places that still have high agricultural employment.