Problems faced in modern agriculture and methods and techniques to tackle them?

Question

plz. give a good and complete answer

Answer 1

I see one of the greatest problems with modern agriculture is government subsidies....it is really time to stop depending on the government to keep us all happy and wealthy and stand on our own two feet.  Government subsidies are actually causing an erosion of smaller privately owned farms.  Take milk for example...dairy is subsidized, and the price of milk in grocery stores continues to go up, yet dairy farmers can't make a living anymore, because they are hardly paid anything for the milk.  This is all thanks to the government.  We are losing our locally grown, healthy food, and in return we are getting drug ridden, nutritionally deficient food from the large factory farms.  If we remove the government supports, cut out the middle man, and sell locally, farming will become profitable once again, farmers for the most part (and yes there will be exceptions)will take pride in their farms and take measures to preserve the resources including water for generations to come.

Answer 2

There are many problems faced by modern agriculture, some of the largest problems would have to include, urbanization of farmland, water rights and usage, environmental concerns, and the procurement of government subsidies.

Farmland has constantly been overtaken by urban developers since the founding of this country.  A lack of farmland forces farmers to rely on increasing technology in order to grow more on fewer acres.  So far, we have been able to keep pace, but it is a constant struggle.

Water is becoming a more precious resource than ever before.  As cities and towns grow, they begin to use more water, leading to depletion of many sources of farm water, such as the Edwards Aquifer.  As these sources get depleted, it is not uncommon for farmers to completely run out of a way to water their crops in drought conditions, causing a near total loss of a season's harvest.  With each drought, this has become a larger and larger problem.  There are also constant legal battles over water rights between farmers and those that live downstream of them regarding how much water a farmer can use, as well as ensuring that there is limited agricultural runoff into those waters.  

That runoff is the greatest environmental concern that farmers and ranchers face.  Whether it is runoff from fertilizer, pesticide, or manure, anything that enters the water supply from a farm can degrade the quality of the water.  There have also been great debates between environmentalists and farmers / ranchers over the release of methane from cattle into the atmosphere.  Increased oversight in these areas help to ensure that water and air quality is maintained.  Of course, you can't do much about cattle emmitting methane, that's just what they do.

For many years, the U.S. government has provided subsidies to help farmers who are growing needed, but unprofitable crops, to turn a profit.  There is constant debate in the legislature over which of these subsidies to renew, and which should be done away with.  The bottom line is without government involvement in this area, farmers would not be able to produce certain crops because they would not turn a profit on them.  If that were to happen, then the price of many agricultural products would increase dramatically due to a limited supply.  Lobbyists for the agricultural industry are trying to ensure these are maintained.

Hope this helps you.

Answer 3

Problem:  Farmers have an insatiable need to b*tch and moan about everything.  Low grain prices, high gas prices, high fertilizer prices,  government programs, the list goes on and on.

Solution:  Open coffee shops in all rural small towns so that the local farmers can gather and complain to one another.