"For me to grow an acre of corn on my farm, I need 200 pounds of nitrogen, 200 pounds of phosphorus, and 100 pounds of potash.'
Da fuck? How did mankind make it the first few millennia then? Surely there are other ways?
"For me to grow an acre of corn on my farm, I need 200 pounds of nitrogen, 200 pounds of phosphorus, and 100 pounds of potash.'
Da fuck? How did mankind make it the first few millennia then? Surely there are other ways?
There are indeed other ways. You let your field lie fallow for several years, and the clover will replace the nitrogen. But those other ways produce only a fraction of the crop yields we get today with modern farming techniques.
There are indeed other ways. You let your field lie fallow for several years, and the clover will replace the nitrogen. But those other ways produce only a fraction of the crop yields we get today with modern farming techniques.
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