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0 pointsprotomolecule3y ago0 comments

Well, yes, it got down, but only from 12 mln to 5.5 mln people in agriculture.

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Agriculture is still automating and the population has increased what, 4x since then

The US population increased about 15x in that period and one of the major reasons for that is the increase of productivity in agriculture [0]. Higher productivity created more demand.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution

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pixl973y ago

Agriculture is still automating and the population has increased what, 4x since then

protomoleculeOP3y ago

The US population increased about 15x in that period and one of the major reasons for that is the increase of productivity in agriculture [0]. Higher productivity created more demand.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution

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