I found the flavour lacking, and the toughness strange.

best produce in the world

They certainly looked nice.

way better than anywhere else I

*i've been

That's debatable

I think a farm that breeds for flavour would be much better.

Those are rare though.

ok, not the literal best. just in general

Well that's just due to the climate.

The growing zone.

The produce doesn't need to be bred to be hardy

Strange how the breeding process often has such an effect on the flavour.

that's what I'm saying. America has great zones for farming

To bad you squander it with poisons.

I believe subsidies encourage bad distribution of resources though

Also lack of crop rotation.

too much corn

too much soy

Sometimes that's all that will grow

government guarantees them money no matter if they over produce

that means they have no incentive to be careful with the land

Well, sounds like their own decisions.

Not the fault of the Government.

might as well exploit it to the maximum amount to get as much out of the government as possible

That's a fault of the people.

it is in their self interest to do it

Yes

So it's greed, ultimately, that is the issue.

government has given them perverse incentives

Would you take the subsidies away and have the farmers just say it isn't worth it?

doesn't even have to be greed

They can't strike, but they can certainly retire.

if you could make a guaranteed amount of money now for greater security in the future, why wouldn't you do it?

It sounds like it is the people that are the problem, not the other way round.

Why's not be in favor of a more structured system?

it is in their own self interest

^

With more thought into it than "*Money.* **Money** ***Money!***"

They have to put their part in the system structure.

why not remove the perverse incentives, let farming fix itself by allowing farmers providing what people actually want