Post #2485331
2026-05-10 09:20 UTC
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@NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social 2026-05-10 09:57
I think there are a few choices in between "giant conglomerate shuts down and destroys 420000 fruit bearing trees" and "random man tries to farm 420000 peach trees unsuccessfully".
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@Mpatch@lemmy.world 2026-05-10 12:42
Agreed also, peach trees only produce viable fruit for like 8 years or something. Are one of the most pia crops to grow. And once new ones are planted, they will be producing crop in 2-4 years. This isn't as tragic as these people are making it out to be. If the price to grow the peach and harvest the peach is 100$ per ton to break even. but because there is to many peaches on market and you can only sell for $80 a ton, how the fuck is the farmer going to sustain the farm? Pay for the ungodly amount of pesticide that peaches need, and stupid amounts of water for next year. You gota make the cut sometimes to protect next year's crop.