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TRACTOR SEAT VIEW

TRACTOR SEAT VIEW. Farm drivers for Sustainable agriculture Varel G. Bailey. Technical View. Farmer attitude. LISA Confusion Subsistence vs. Sustainable Spectrum Do-gooders >>>>>Pro ag. Internal Drivers. Management (labor) Location (land)

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TRACTOR SEAT VIEW

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  1. TRACTOR SEAT VIEW Farm drivers for Sustainable agriculture Varel G. Bailey

  2. Technical View

  3. Farmer attitude • LISA • Confusion Subsistence vs. Sustainable • Spectrum Do-gooders >>>>>Pro ag

  4. Internal Drivers • Management (labor) • Location (land) • Finance (capital)

  5. External Drivers • Economics • Government • Technology • Society • Weather

  6. Matrix • Mgt Loci $$ • ____________________________________ • Economics • Government • Technology • Society • Weather

  7. Sustainability • Mgt Loci $$ • Economics Job 1 L’Lord Risk • Government Game pgm One size NIFA? • Zero risk 1Size-all Leverage • Hassle tax Corp l’ld Patents • Technology Change Biologic Change $ • Society King mk’r Polarize Food $ • Weather Crisis mode Adaptable Impact

  8. Incrementalism • Goals change faster than technology • Goals change faster than adoption

  9. Farm bill • Current farm legislation drives production to marginal (risky) production areas

  10. Biological Patents • Biological patents drive agricultural management and structure toward vertical integration, oligopoly, and “corporate mentality”

  11. Technology • “Disruptive innovation” is likely the only “top-down” change likely to have a significant impact on sustainability

  12. Societal Expectation • Create the German “Isle of Happiness”

  13. Sustainable Agriculture • The shock absorber for the swinging pendulum

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