Question
How did chemical agriculture start?
As in how did the use of pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers, etc. start to be used so much.
Answer
Chemical farming started with the development of growth regulators. Growth regulators were a product of World War 2 technology; ammonium nitrate became ammonium nitrate fertilizer.

Question
Why are monocultures bad?
Answer
The same plant in the same area and exhausts the nutrients in the soil. The farmers also have to use a lot of insecticides, pesticides, and other chemicals to control the pests, problems that could easily be removed with crop rotation.

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Name a pro of organic farming and explain why

Question
Name a pro of chemical farmind and explain why

Question
Which four crops consume 75% of the pesticides in the U.S.
Answer
soybeans, wheat, cotton and corn --http://www.vegsource.com/articles/chemical.farming.htm