But farming will not remain viable if the farms are left unmodernized, and most of the farmers lack the financial resources modernization requires.
但是，如果农场没有实现现代化，农业将无法维持下去，而且大多数农民缺乏现代化所需的财政资源。
This will sound like criticism of industrial grain and soybean farmers but if you read to the end, it is really commiseration.
听起来这像是批判种辛勤耕耘谷子和豌豆的农民，但若读完本文，你会发现其实是同情他们。
But the farmers that grow the crop often live in drought-prone areas, where poor soil and disease exacerbate poor harvests.
但是种植玉米的农民常常生活在容易遭遇干旱的地区，那里的土壤贫瘠，而且作物疾病让不良的收成更加恶化。
But it is running out of water, with farmers driving Wells deeper and deeper into the underlying aquifer.
但是那里水资源正日趋枯竭，农民的井越挖越深，已经到了地下蓄水层。
But after several bumper harvests an unprecedented heatwave and drought have scorched grain crops this year driving many farmers to the brink of bankruptcy.
但是，经历了几个丰收年后，今年，史无前例的热浪和干旱炙烤着庄稼，使许多农民处于破产边缘。
I am no economist, but I am deeply aware of the Paramount importance of agriculture, rural areas and farmers in China.
我不是经济学家，但我深知农业、农民和农村问题在中国的极端重要性。
But thefact that the first farmers were often unhealthy could have resulted fromliving in close proximity to one another and their animals rather than from theuse of an inferior technology.
然而当时农民不健康的事实也可能是人口密度太大，或者与家畜住得太近的结果，而不是因为技术上的劣势造成的。
But researchers in Delhi argue that policymakers and farmers, keen to boost food supply, give too little thought to the threats to public health.
但是研究员们认为由于决策者和农民们热衷于提高食物的供应量，忽视了人口及农场的扩大对公共卫生带来的威胁。
"I've just begun a little plastic-free organic veggie garden in my front yard," Terry says, "but we buy most of our produce from the farmers market, and it does have to be trucked there."
“我刚在我的前院里建了一个无塑料有机蔬菜园，”特里说，“但是大部分产品都是从农民市场买的，但它必须用卡车运。”
But the system has also encouraged farmers to alter time-honored crop rotation practices and the mix of herbicides that previously had kept weeds in check.
但是该体系鼓励农民改变长期以来的轮作制度和混合使用除草剂，在以前这些方法很好的控制了杂草。
Rights provide quotas, but Israeli farmers do not want to see them traded-and the water table drops.
产权提供配额，但是以色列的农民不想看到水被交易——更不想看到地下水位下降。
But as farmers and tribal communities resist giving up their land, the promised industrial development has become a flashpoint.
不过，由于农民和地方族群社区拒绝出让土地，工业开发区的计划用地常常成为争议焦点。
The principle of collective ownership could not be changed, but farmers' rights could be clarified and rural land markets of sorts could be established.
土地公有制原则不得更改，但是农民的权利得到确认而且类似农村土地市场的市场得到建立。
The idea is occasionally brought up, but usually shot down by the general public and farmers, who value the light of early mornings.
虽然有人不时提出采用夏时制，但都遭到酷爱早起的日本公众和农民的抵制。
But the fault lines have their origins in another distinction, between settled farmers and nomadic herders fighting over failing lands.
但他们之间的问题源自于另一种分歧，即有固定居所的农人和游牧民族之间对于土地的争夺。
We cannot afford to wait to battle the disease in pharmacies and hospitals, but need to get rid of the virus in affected farmers' backyards.
我们绝不能再等待在药房和医院里与禽流感作斗争，而是需要在受感染的农民后院里消除病毒。
Farmers and gardeners have turned the soil for centuries. But many now believe in no-till or reduced tillage, a method also called conservation tillage.
农民和园丁们耕作了几个世纪，但是现在他们中很多人开始采取少耕或免耕方法，也称保护性耕作。
Nobody but we farmers celebrates a great crop like this one. The rest of America should celebrate, and be grateful for the abundance that agriculture provides.
没有人会像我们农民这样庆祝一场大丰收的。其他美国人也应该为此庆祝，应该对农业丰收心怀感恩。
But it is not clear whether Argentina's farmers, who have suffered drought and punitive taxes, can deliver the goods.
但是阿根廷农场主已经承受干旱和惩罚性出口税，是否能如期交货尚不明确。
The farmers, reed gatherers and buffalo herders keep working, but they say they cannot if the water stays like this.
农民，采芦苇的人，和牧牛人都还在工作，但他们说，如果水质依旧如此，工作不得不停下来了。
But even those serving up the lentils — the local farmers and artisans of Montaillou — appreciated those same liberties.
但甚至是他们把豆子端上来——蒙太罗的农民和工匠仍然更欣赏他们拥有的自由。
The farmers, reed gatherers and buffalo herders keep working, but they say they cannot continue if the water stays like this.
农民芦苇采集者和水牛牧人还在继续工作但是他们说如果水源持续这样的状态的话他们就难以继续了。
Radish sprouts were widely suspected, but scientists were never able to prove the connection and farmers successfully sued for compensation.
萝卜苗曾被广泛怀疑，但是科学家并没有找到证据，农场主也成功的获得里赔偿。
Not only does this contribute to the higher prices of food made from corn, but it increases farmers' cost of feeding cattle and pigs.
这不仅导致以玉米为原料的食物价格上升，而且增加了农民养殖牛和猪的开销。
On the Niger side, where farmers were allowed to own trees and FMNR was commonplace, there was abundant tree cover; but in Nigeria, the land was barren.
尼日尔的农夫拥有树木所有权，于是FMNR在这里得到普及性推广，尼日尔被大量绿树覆盖；而尼日利亚的土地则光秃贫瘠。
On the Niger side, where farmers were allowed to own trees and FMNR was commonplace, there was abundant tree cover; but in Nigeria, the land was barren.
尼日尔的农夫拥有树木所有权，于是FMNR在这里得到普及性推广，尼日尔被大量绿树覆盖；而尼日利亚的土地则光秃贫瘠。
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