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No-till agriculture, as an example, usually requires different capital equipment for the farm. It's not a blocker, but financing the capital equipment takes so
by chris_va 5y ago
No-till agriculture, as an example, usually requires different capital equipment for the farm.
It's not a blocker, but financing the capital equipment takes some investment and risk. Farms are fairly dialed into their operations already, and getting people to change (especially when they need to pay money to do it) is a slow process.
- jdavis703 5y agoSo then is it reasonable to conclude government subsidies for regenerative agriculture could increase adoption?
- chris_va 5y agoYes, that does seem reasonable
- lostlogin 5y agoWould taxing poor practices be a better approach? Eg Excess water usage, runoff, water pollution, pesticide use, fuel use or some other metric? That way the cost of food would rise, but the cost of regenerative practices presumably wouldn’t rise as much and would earn more.
- debacle 5y agoOne of the problems with no till is that the equipment, or at least some of it, hasn't been invented yet and could be considered 'cutting edge' in that manner.
- benboughton1 5y agoNo till farming is widespread especially in Australia for decades. Nearly all dryland farms take this approach. It just means controlling fallow weeds without tillage, usually with herbicide. Then plant straight through the previous crop residue. This preserves moisture in the soil and the soil structure. Planters mostly do this fine. I'm not sure what has not yet been invented elsewhere.
- debacle 5y agoHow do they handle compaction? The biggest thing I have seen is work toward finding a way to introduce large equipment to a no till or RA farm.