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Mechanized agriculture (was Re: Cities/rural--resources (was Yuri receives hypocrite of the week award)



Les Cargill <lcargill@ods.com> wrote:

>It is/was not possible to have the kind of per-acre yeilds that now
>support us without the use of fertilizer chemistry and mechanized
>farming.

I agree with the fertilizer part, but is mechanization really
necessary for high yields?  It certainly reduces the *cost* of
food in countries with reasonably high labor cost.

	Paul



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