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US politics, and probably the history of farming in the country. Megascale farms with labour being a commodity have been the standard since before the country w
by SuoDuanDao 6y ago
US politics, and probably the history of farming in the country. Megascale farms with labour being a commodity have been the standard since before the country was founded.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoAverage farm size, in America, is around 450 acres. Not even a square mile. Maybe 'megafarm' is an exaggeration.
- SuoDuanDao 6y agoAverage farms in low and middle income countries are under 5 acres, in other rich countries they're around 75 [1]. Plantations are like nation-states - inefficient, but powerful enough to bankrupt smaller competitors in the same market. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X15002703#s0025 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X1...