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Re:Just Too Efficient by SuoDuanDao on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:02AM (#23811007)
US politics, and probably the history of farming in the country. Megascale farms with labour being a commodity have been the standard since before the country was founded.
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Re:Just Too Efficient by JoeAltmaier on Sunday July 12, 2020 @09:06AM (#23811041)
Average farm size, in America, is around 450 acres. Not even a square mile. Maybe 'megafarm' is an exaggeration.
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Re:Just Too Efficient by SuoDuanDao on Monday July 13, 2020 @07:32AM (#23819595)
Average farms in low and middle income countries are under 5 acres, in other rich countries they're around 75 [1].

Plantations are like nation-states - inefficient, but powerful enough to bankrupt smaller competitors in the same market.

[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X1...

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