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> Really cool stuff happening in agtech. I don't know if I agree with you. These kind of agtech farms tend to get heavy on pesticides use and tillage, which on
by louis___ 5y ago
> Really cool stuff happening in agtech.
I don't know if I agree with you. These kind of agtech farms tend to get heavy on pesticides use and tillage, which on the long term kills the ground life.
And it leaves the farmers' hands tied when a bug happens : https://www.vice.com/en/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-are-hacking-their-tractors-with-ukrainian-firmware https://www.vice.com/en/article/xykkkd/why-american-farmers-...
- p_l 5y agoThey tend to be because it's cheap and easy to be this way. Meanwhile they are also the biggest levers if appropriately motivated (whether by extra legal or legal incentives) to use better solutions.
- bordercases 5y ago> They tend to be because it's cheap and easy to be this way. This is descriptively correct - and stupidly unsustainable. Something like 1/3 of US topsoil has already been consumed. Your second claim is vaguely correct but doesn't have much insight.