Why do Americans vigorously develop export agriculture when they know that the market for grain exports is not good?

As far as overall agriculture is concerned, it seems that the economy brought about by agriculture is really very limited, but if we have a clear understanding of American agriculture, I believe the reason for the development of agricultural exports in the United States is self-evident. The following is an introduction to the situation of American agriculture.

We generally say that the United States is a big industrial country, while China is a big agricultural country, but in fact, it may be the opposite: it is more appropriate to say that the United States is a big agricultural country and China is a big industrial country.

The strength of American agriculture is shown in a high degree of mechanization, high intensification and high yield. For example, there are about 2.2 million farms in the United States, and the number of people engaged in agriculture is 2.13 million, which is equivalent to a person owning a farm, and each farm covers an area of 170ha.

However, it should be pointed out that the farmers mentioned above are also equivalent to professional farmers in our country. Of course, there will also be other agricultural personnel. In terms of agriculture, the number of people directly or indirectly driving employment can be multiplied. In this way, the importance of natural agriculture is self-evident. There is no reason for the United States not to develop, even if agricultural products are very cheap, but because of its high degree of mechanization and intensification, production costs are also very low.

Where there is a profit, there will be someone to operate, and there is nothing wrong with this sentence, so no one will give up on American agriculture.

In addition, let's take a look at the proportion of agriculture in GDP. According to the data in 2017, agriculture in the United States accounts for 1.2% of GDP, and the number of people employed in agriculture accounts for 1.45% of the employment. If you simply look at the number, there is not much concept. By comparison, in the field of sports in the United States, fitness registration alone has reached more than 50 million people, and the number of sports professionals has affected much more. But the output of the sports industry is only three times that of agriculture, and the output value of agriculture is equivalent to the annual GDP contributed by the developed automobile industry in the United States, which also shows the weight of American agriculture.

The United States accounts for 1/5 of the world's grain, and about 40 percent of the food produced by the United States is exported to countries around the world, including China. It can also be seen that if the United States does not export food, the world may also have the possibility of a food crisis.

It can also be said that all countries in the world strive to develop agriculture and increase grain output not only to meet the food and clothing of their own countries, but also to provide food for other food-deficient countries in the world.

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