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To me this reads as everybody but the farmer has some skin in the game and is extracting their share out of the process and that farmers are completely locked i
by boringg 4y ago
To me this reads as everybody but the farmer has some skin in the game and is extracting their share out of the process and that farmers are completely locked in on vendors. I already know they are locked in on mech equipment, I assume the intelligence layer is the same thing.
Threes probably an argument that it increases the amount of food per square acre but my cynical take is it adds more profit margin and to the ever increasing cost of food production per unit of throughput.
- piyh 4y agoYields per acre has been growing linearly for 60 years. It has doubled since 1975. It's largely competitive, not exploitive growth. https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/newsletters/pestandcrop/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/fig1.jpeg https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/newsletters/pestandcrop/wp...
- legitster 4y agoThis was not the situation as I understood it based on the conversation with the guy. Most of the products he is paying for either a) reduce labor costs (like a cell based system that distributes pesticide) or b) reduces the risk of product loss (cherries being insanely delicate and sensitive to subtle changes in temperature and humidity). Because he is paying for the products as-a-service, he really doesn't care about being locked in on the equipment so long as they pay for themselves.