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Re:Supply chain resilience is a requirement for agritech har... by Infernal on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @05:47PM (#32655576)
I am curious, but surely the $900-$1400 an acre is based on rows configured for tractor-based tilling/plowing, fertilizing, herbicide etc.? As I understand it, the nice thing about a smallholding is that you don't have to mechanize near as aggressively, and therefore can plant much more densely than a tractor-based farm would.
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Re:Supply chain resilience is a requirement for agritech har... by bombcar on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @07:27PM (#32656490)
While hand grown can be denser it’s not an order of magnitude denser. The main advantage is being able to combine/layer different crops.

Look at machine farmed fields just before harvest; the fully grown plants will often be quite close together.

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Re:Supply chain resilience is a requirement for agritech har... by EddySchauHai on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @07:04PM (#32656314)
Perhaps? This was based on google top-link data which may not be reliable for a small farm but I assume it's within an order of magnitude!
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