Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance
Date of this Version
2-5-1975
Document Type
Article
Citation
U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Secretary
Abstract
A couple of weeks ago, on my Far Eastern tour, I visited a farm in Taiwan. The contrast with Montana could not have been more striking.
This was a good-sized farm by Taiwanese standards, about 10 acres. It is farmed by a father and his six sons, and provides most of the support for the 40 people in their families. The agriculture is highly intensive. They alternate rice and vegetables on their land, getting at least two crops of each per year. They were also raising hogs--completely confined from birth to slaughter because land is so precious. There were no weeds in sight; the land is too precious for weeds, too.
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