• SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    This is why farmers shouldn’t monocrop. Even if a farmer doesn’t care about the environment and soil health, monocropping makes a farmer vulnerable to the volatile nature of geopolitics and the global economy.

    • YesIAmHoomanNoCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 days ago

      They don’t? Afaik soy is an off season crop to balance nitrogen(?) in the ground. But not being able to sell your harvest 50% of the time is still pretty bad.