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> Making a success of a commercial farm requires deep knowledge of the crop, the land, the weather and the local pests. ...plus logistics, storage, insurance,
by kqr 4y ago
> Making a success of a commercial farm requires deep knowledge of the crop, the land, the weather and the local pests.
...plus logistics, storage, insurance, finances, repair, markets, etc, etc. I would be interested in working with a farmer through some time of my life just to learn such a wide variety of tasks!
- javajosh 4y agoYou make it sound like farming is just as hard as a regular job, plus a great deal of manual labor, plus the constant risk of total crop failure because of weather etc.
- ticviking 4y agoThose forces are a non-trivial part of what is driving the consolidation of land-ownership to commercial mega-farms.