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thehourglasses t1_iqrvudh wrote

With a phosphorus shortage, soil degradation, drought, and extreme heat events. Riiiiiiiight.

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imnos t1_iqsapyg wrote

Right. All for automation but there's little point in it unless you sort out the issues caused by monocultures. Can't automate farming if your soil has all turned to dust.

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slow_ultras t1_iqtix08 wrote

Monocultures are terrible, but I think soil erosion has actually decreased as farmers till less now they have herbicide resistant genetically modified crops.

The climate smart agriculture funding that's part of the inflation and reduction act, should also help increase the uptake of cover crops, no-till, crop rotations etc. which will help protect the soil as well.

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