Re:Historic fertilizer crunch threatens food security
by Trisell on Monday May 02, 2022 @08:34PM
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There is a tremendous market of corporate interests that have a very vested interest in farming staying the way it is. From custom GMO seeds to input(fertilizer, fungicides, pesticides) producers to implement manufacturers they all want farming to stay the same. A regenerative approach removes a massive amount of those needs and profits.
Re:Historic fertilizer crunch threatens food security
by hinkley on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @12:02AM
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The farm industrial complex is built around creating problems and selling you solutions.
Re:Historic fertilizer crunch threatens food security
by blingscramble on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @03:04PM
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Entrenched interests would be a driver as well as conventional wisdom here to date imo. That said there are indeed millions of acres in the mid-west (US) and beyond operated by commercial growers whom leverage the benefits of inoculating their acres with beneficial microbes. Ultimately mother nature dictates yield mainly thru moisture availability (acres under a pivot excluded) so growers focus on risk mitigation and nutrient efficiencies to achieve profitability. The paradigm is shifting away from heavy synthetics due to costs, generational transitions in operation management and our understanding of the rhizosphere. Beneficial microbes are not the only answer but leveraging their inherent capabilities is an effective tool and currently available.
Re:Historic fertilizer crunch threatens food security
by SlicerDicer on Monday May 02, 2022 @08:17PM
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What is harder?
Go ahead and try to convince people.
I have created fully automated systems for indoor that control everything except harvest. It is impossible to convince people due to the cost I am pretty sure.
Thusly? Money printer really does not go brr for this.
Understand that it is my wish and hope that these sort of low/no fertilizer organic techniques can work better than "traditional" heavy-fertilizer/irrigation farming the west now mainly employs. It's just that vaguely recall hearing about this sort of thing 30 years ago. And 20 years ago. And 10 years ago.