Business Unusual   /     Regenerative agriculture - an idea 12 000 years in the making

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If you had to think about what is needed on a modern farm, you would think ploughs, fertilizer, pesticides, irrigation and the best developed seeds. The advent of industrial farming has seen the items above become central to a successful farm looking to maximise yield.  If you can pay for all the input costs you can get the rewards come harvest time. That is assuming the prices are good and the weather gods were favourable.  Despite decades refining the process of extraction, we have reached the point where farmers are constantly at risk of not earning enough to pay the bills for all the input costs. Image credit: 123rf.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Duration
722
Publishing date
2020-10-21 17:25
Link
https://omny.fm/shows/the-money-show/business-unusual-regenerative-agriculture
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  Primedia Broadcasting
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If you had to think about what is needed on a modern farm, you would think ploughs, fertilizer, pesticides, irrigation and the best developed seeds.

The advent of industrial farming has seen the items above become central to a successful farm looking to maximise yield. 

If you can pay for all the input costs you can get the rewards come harvest time. That is assuming the prices are good and the weather gods were favourable. 

Despite decades refining the process of extraction, we have reached the point where farmers are constantly at risk of not earning enough to pay the bills for all the input costs.

Image credit: 123rf.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.