Problems with agriculture today

 


As I've been doing research, trying to figure out what are the issues nowadays with agriculture, and how these issues would affect our future. The number one issue going on with agriculture today is the ongoing trade war that is happening between the US and China. This leads to resource depletion, and costs of industrial agriculture being higher.

Another big issue that agriculture is facing nowadays and can affect our future is land management. The land is degrading due to climate change and global warming. This makes it harder for us to obtain some ailments or be able to proceed with agriculture at all. Contamination is another factor that's also involved here.

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  1. Carson CragerNovember 3, 2021 at 12:01 PM

    Great blog post Michael. This is just another awful thing that we are creating for ourselves with climate change. This is definitely one of those issues that not a lot of people are not talking enough about. Being able to grow and harvest food is very important. If we lose the ability to do that it would be very detrimental. Overall great job.

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  2. Julius CaulderNovember 6, 2021 at 12:30 AM

    Since moving to Missouri I have learned more about farming. I used to think that farming was more natural and had less of an environmental effect. I never knew about pesticides and the environmental effects or the purpose of burning crops. I think that farming should be more sustainable and help the environment. I think a lot of demands for increased farming and using GMOs and other growth hormones with environmental effects is because of the high demand for food with increased population.

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