Think of all the farm jobs lost to tractors and other farm equipment, and all the factory jobs lost to labor-saving technology, equipment, and computers.
Fruits and veggies, on the other hand, while also a consumer issue in this country, are more often lost at the farm level.
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Farmers' Union of Wales president Emyr Jones, who has lost stock on his farm in Bala, Gwynedd, said the review would do little to help farmers who had lost livestock, had damaged buildings and shortages of fodder.
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Do we bemoan the farm jobs lost or celebrate the productivity gains that they represent?
Yesterday Trump Organization snatched up land parcels of the 900 acre, Charlottesville-based Kluge Estates Winery and Vineyard, which the socialite-turned-vintner lost in foreclosure to Farm Creditor of Virginia this past December.
Many farm jobs were lost, but mostly it was the sons and daughters of farmers moving to the towns and cities to take factory and other jobs.
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Even after he lost in court, he still tried to farm the land that was no longer his, he said.
The shake-up also calls for councils to be given the power to halt all wind farm applications for a year and suggests homeowners should be compensated for lost value because of turbines.
Wil Edwards, who farms at Rhos Goch near Amlwch, has lost two Land Rover engines and welding equipment from a locked shed, a car from the farm yard, and a bullock and heifer over the past three months.
"If we do not (complete Doha) a new farm bill will be set in place for a number of years and we will have lost the opportunity quite literally into the next decade, " Mr Johanns said.
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