Could farming survive without the internal combustion engine?

Question

Could farming survive without the internal combustion engine?

Answer 1

Before the internal combustion engine entered farming half to two-thirds of a nation's population was involved in farming.

Now we're down to a small percentage.

Horses and mules can only work so long per day and they still have to be fed even when not working and that feed cuts the amount of food the farm can produce to sell.

Yes, farming could survive but the nation would suffer tremendously.

Answer 2

sure just go back to the waythey did t before all that //

Answer 3

Of course, the Amish live and survive right now without it.

Answer 4

Sure farming could survive but I dont know we would do since the amount of food production would go way down. Farming started out without the engine and could easily go back but either the crop size would be a lot smaller or the amount of people working in the field would grow tremendously along with the price of the finished product.

Answer 5

farming would survive. A of people wouldn't though.