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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by rgbrenner on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:31PM (#20721024)
The market and nature. Groundwater depletion: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topic/water-science-school/scie...

And this can't be entirely restored.. since when water is removed, the cavities in the dirt/rock that held the water collapse, and they can't be refilled (for example).

Making the midwest more sustainable would be a good thing.

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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by iamshs on Friday August 16, 2019 @08:48PM (#20721128)
Punjab is another example of severe groundwater depletion. Experts here say that growing Basmati rice through groundwater is an unwise endeavour, as we are exporting a future valuable for pennies. Now government is recommending Corn to be planted, I guess I will forward them this link.
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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by devoply on Saturday August 17, 2019 @12:25AM (#20722031)
That's the thing, the developed countries are so arrogant about how much better they do things than the third world, but if you look a bit closer it's the same shit different supposedly developed country.
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Re:U.S. Farmers Stung by Tariffs Now Face a $3.5B Corn Loss by petre on Saturday August 17, 2019 @01:13AM (#20722234)
Also topsoil depletion.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/us-news/201...

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