Eli5: how do farmers water their fields? If it doesn’t rain are they just screwed over for the year?
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This is one of the reasons why the family farm has nearly disappeared. Corporate farms can afford giant irrigation systems due to economies of scale. They don’t have to worry about losing an entire season due to a drought. But if you are just some guy with a small farm that has been in your family forever, the cost of setting up an irrigation system is prohibitive. This means you can’t compete, because people who lose a year or two every decade can’t compete with corporations that never lose a crop.
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