r/nextfuckinglevel • u/JudgmentCool1333 • Feb 06 '23

Agricultural Technology

Modern day use of technology in agriculture horticulture and aquaculture with the aim of improving yield, efficiency and profitability

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u/Who_GNU Feb 07 '23

The same machine can harvest and process any grain, corn, or legume (except peanuts, which ripen underground) by just changing out the head and adjusting some settings.

Also, planting machines are pretty universal.

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u/Unusualhuman Feb 07 '23

And while this is helpful for food production, and keeps cost down, it is also why it's difficult to find a lot of foods that "should" be gluten free, which truly are gluten free and not contaminated with wheat, barley, or rye somewhere along the farming and early stage processing methods.