Title: commercial agriculture
Headings: commercial agriculture
commercial agriculture
TWO TYPES OF AGRICULTURE
TECHNOLOGY
PROBLEMS

Content: The third major trend of the 1990s is increasing concern for the environment. One of the goals is to provide modern agriculture with the best available, most environmentally friendly irrigation, prevention of soil erosion, and pest control. The change is in the policy of farming or agriculture. There has been a decline in the role of “old-line” subsidy programs for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and rice, programs that used to make up the most important elements of the U.S. agricultural policy. Instead, the new agenda is free trade, environmental conciseness, concern for the welfare of the animals that are farmed, and food safety. Lastly, in the 1990s, agriculture is becoming an increasingly high-tech industry. There a tremendous array of powerful tools of modern plant science at our disposal used to improve traditional crops through genetic manipulation and to find alternative means of pest control. PROBLEMS
Some problems with commercial farming include overproducing, harvesting fewer varieties of food, and limiting the ability of the small farmer to be able to earn a living. Overproduction or an oversupply of food because of mass production has had a negative impact on both small and commercial farmers, as it often reduces their incomes. However, government policies often try to control overproduction through different means: