A large rice farm in the Central Valley of California.
I recently read the editorial titled “Why Factory Farms are Good For the Environment” from the New York Times. The author, Jayson Lusk, does a nice job outlining the various technological advances observed on large farms that have provided an increase in food production per acre on American Farms over the past 50 years. This includes the use of genetically modified crops which provided the ability to utilize no-till technologies and reduce soil erosion, the use of higher yielding genetic traits in annual crops, and adoption of precision ag technologies such as yield monitoring, sensors, variable rate fertilization, and drones. An interesting article. Continue reading
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