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| paul the original, do you farm corn, soybeans, wheat.... I believe what you plant has a lot to do with what you can take and replenish. Soil management, weather conditions, erosion, organic activity all will affect the way one can go about a more sustainable and enduring approach. Depending on the farmer, there isn't an incentive for the economic standpoint. By cover crops, and rotation is a great place to start if possible. That can only increase soil fertility, and gain activity throughout the land. Trying to gain the maximum yield year after year doesn't seem natural, by any means, likewise with fertilizers. The mississippi can only be dredged so many times. Maybe nothing is sustainable in agriculture, but is it not still for the best if we practice toward an enduring future in farming, rather than a reliance upon petroleum based products, that we can't even provide for ourselves?
If we practiced different policies throughout agriculture marketing. having regional markets, as well as institustional, and allowing small, middle, and large scale farms different policies. that may produce more of an incentive toward a sustainable approach. | |
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What is the best practice within agriculture?
