It's a dumb take, though. The US used to have a subsidy program to prevent oversupply and overworking the fields. Farmers could incentives to fallow their land, which reduces erosion and soil nutrient depletion, instead of pushing it all into production. When Reagan's Secretary of Ag turned it around into production subsidies, commodity prices crashed, farmers got bought out by larger agribusinesses because they couldn't compete, and now the Great Plains is being plowed into the Gulf of Mexico. We're headed for a second Dust Bowl and it's a direct result of these policies.
It's a dumb take, though. The US used to have a subsidy program to prevent oversupply and overworking the fields. Farmers could incentives to fallow their land, which reduces erosion and soil nutrient depletion, instead of pushing it all into production. When Reagan's Secretary of Ag turned it around into production subsidies, commodity prices crashed, farmers got bought out by larger agribusinesses because they couldn't compete, and now the Great Plains is being plowed into the Gulf of Mexico. We're headed for a second Dust Bowl and it's a direct result of these policies.