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I think there are real serious trade-offs here in income to the farmer. It's nothing about lazy or ignorance. Honestly to make a comment like that, add if you k
by eloff 5y ago
I think there are real serious trade-offs here in income to the farmer. It's nothing about lazy or ignorance. Honestly to make a comment like that, add if you know more about their business than they do is both ignorant and arrogant - unless that really is your business and you know what you're talking about. But this feels like armchair commentary to me.
- CuriouslyC 5y agoLooks like you're armchair voting without subject matter knowledge. Do some research on no-till rotational grazing systems for natural fertility.
- fennecfoxen 5y ago"Do some research?" Feh. Show us P&L statements for your choice of no-till rotational-grazing farm, or even this "research" is just a hobbyist diversion. Now myself, I like hobbyist diversions that involve growing food, but farmers don't farm because they want to have fun. They farm so they can make money. If they stop making money, or if they don't make enough, they have to go into some other line of work, and typically sell the farm to someone who does make money. And when you're not just selling gourmet vegetables to HN hackers making $200k+ a year, you're selling generic commodities like corn and grain and soy, where the competition is fierce. And you're selling it to a world where the poor have a hard time affording food as it is. If this can't compete with conventional fertilizer, then even if everyone switched, people would starve.
- CuriouslyC 5y agohttps://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.polyface_inc.aa9bb5ff9ef2522af3cfb1a66b16330a.html https://www.dnb.com/business-directory/company-profiles.poly... Joel is the best known example of informed, conscientious farming paying the bills, but certainly not the only one.