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minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·18 hours agoI always wondered why we don’t do more polyculture ag
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·11 hours agoIt’s more labor intensive, especially for corn. You can’t just run a big harvester over the field, someone has to go out and pick it.
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoThat makes sense with the technology of the time but I imagine that’s probably changing
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoWe still have people out in the fields picking vegetables. It’s not a solved problem.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·17 hours agoProfit margins and prioritising short term gains. :(
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-211 hours agoIt’s more the fact that you can really only do handwork on a polyculture field, so it’s completely unsuited for anything but subsistence farming.
minus-squareF_State@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoIt’s possible that otherwise good combinations don’t line up in terms of season and require crop rotation as opposed to polyculture.
I always wondered why we don’t do more polyculture ag
It’s more labor intensive, especially for corn. You can’t just run a big harvester over the field, someone has to go out and pick it.
That makes sense with the technology of the time but I imagine that’s probably changing
We still have people out in the fields picking vegetables. It’s not a solved problem.
Profit margins and prioritising short term gains. :(
It’s more the fact that you can really only do handwork on a polyculture field, so it’s completely unsuited for anything but subsistence farming.
It’s possible that otherwise good combinations don’t line up in terms of season and require crop rotation as opposed to polyculture.