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Can U.S. Farm Workers Be Replaced by Machines?
Center for Immigration Studies ^ | 22 February 2024 | Philip Martin

Posted on 02/28/2024 9:25:24 PM PST by zeestephen

Philip Martin is Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California at Davis...Long essay, but should be of interest to anyone in the food business, and of interest to any general readers who wonder how dinner gets to the dinner table.

(Excerpt) Read more at cis.org ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: ageconomics; agriculture; braceros; farmers; farmworkers; fwma; h2a; irca
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Even with a dwarf and a trampoline you are still going to have bruises unless you breed apples that do not bruise.

When you have a dwarf and a trampoline, you have the necessary ingredients to a GREAT porno.

61 posted on 02/29/2024 7:19:17 AM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Zuriel
Crop duster pilots are probably wondering when drones will be doing their jobs.

Within five years, max.

62 posted on 02/29/2024 7:20:14 AM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Lazamataz

Glad you liked it. It seemed apt.


63 posted on 02/29/2024 7:23:12 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: gnarledmaw
seriously, when was the last time that you had domestic citrus that wasnt dry and not sour if it had any flavor at all?

This morning.

There is a big market for fruit and vegetables that taste good and you can get premium prices for them.

Ask the guys that bred the "Flavor Bomb" tomato. People will pay twice what they pay for other cherry tomatoes because they taste like tomatoes in the middle of winter.

I understand your point, that is what happened to the Red Delicious. It used to be very tasty as well as pretty but they started breeding for looks rather then taste and now it is considered a garbage apple. Cheapest one in the market. But Honey Crisps and Opals will cost 75 to 100 percent more and people will happily pay it.

64 posted on 02/29/2024 7:26:12 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Lazamataz
When you have a dwarf and a trampoline, you have the necessary ingredients to a GREAT porno.

How about nuns and trampolines, a la Bedazzled?

65 posted on 02/29/2024 7:26:42 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Lazamataz
I read that as a "Great Potato" the first time through.
66 posted on 02/29/2024 7:28:21 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: zeestephen

Yes. But we STILL NEEDD MORE MIGRANTS to do the jobs we DONT WANT YOU TO DO ANYMORE you schmucks! Migration is a mitzvah! Embrace it!


67 posted on 02/29/2024 7:35:38 AM PST by Captainpaintball (America needs a Conservative DICTATOR if it hopes to survive. )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“Great Potato” would be a wonderful porno title.


68 posted on 02/29/2024 7:45:55 AM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Lazamataz

I’ll take your word for it.


69 posted on 02/29/2024 8:03:00 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: zeestephen

“can” as in “is it physically possible?

Yes, it is very physically possible and it is slowly getting to be economically possible.

This has been the case since the 1700s when 80% of workers or so were on the land. Now we’re down to 5% or less


70 posted on 02/29/2024 8:04:47 AM PST by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Here, let me show you my collection:

“Great Potato”
“The Naughty Secret Lives of Carrots”
“The Rutabaga Orgy”
“Sexy Dwarves On Trampolines”


71 posted on 02/29/2024 8:05:13 AM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Qwapisking

#33. Now that’s funny !


72 posted on 02/29/2024 8:07:44 AM PST by jcon40 (Leftists are usually obnoxious Bullies)
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To: Lazamataz

You left out ‘Food Insecurity’.


73 posted on 02/29/2024 8:08:29 AM PST by Scrambler Bob
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To: Lazamataz

I find your ideas intriguing and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.


74 posted on 02/29/2024 8:28:13 AM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Another Satisfied Customer™!


75 posted on 02/29/2024 8:31:51 AM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

That’s OLD.

I do hear that Red Delicious used to be a great variety.

The newer ones, though. N UGH. Mushy, mealy, and tasteless.

However they do work well with other varieties to create new one, like Galas, which I hear a a cross using Red Delicious.


76 posted on 02/29/2024 8:43:53 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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To: Lazamataz

Ground equipment is is already cutting into the agplane jobs, by making extra high clearance rigs with ever wider spray booms. A farmer (that I drive truck part-time for) in Lawrence county TN has bought a extra high clearance Hagie sprayer, and thinks he may rarely hire the agpilot from now on.

The Hagie link shows the tech is amazing, even using boom cameras to identify weeds for spray nozzle control.

https://www.hagie.com/equipment-categories/sprayers/

John Deere ‘see and spray’ system:

https://www.deere.com.au/en/news/all-news/see-spray-premium-available-on-hagie/

Aerial applicators can’t fly slow enough for such precision that can greatly reduce chemical usage.


77 posted on 02/29/2024 8:44:36 AM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: Zuriel
Aerial applicators can’t fly slow enough for such precision that can greatly reduce chemical usage.

What if I want MORE chemical usage?

Isn't that was vitamin C is? Vitamin Chemical?

78 posted on 02/29/2024 9:13:59 AM PST by Lazamataz (Laz 2005: "First, we beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them.")
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To: Lazamataz

Ha! Yeah, I had my alphabet chemicals after breakfast.

Pesticides are expensive, so cutting usage on thousands of acres is a big deal to 21st century farmers.


79 posted on 02/29/2024 9:20:40 AM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: zeestephen

FAFO!


80 posted on 02/29/2024 9:23:09 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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