How do farmers prevent people from stealing their crops?

This does happen from time to time. On a small scale, it's simply a nuisance. On a large scale it does happen sometimes, some farmers have had entire fields of hay or soybeans harvested. In some cases the criminals are caught, in others they get away with it. In my opinion, a much larger problem is vandalism. read more

If someone would come with a truck full of people to dig up potatoes, this process would take time and it would not go unnoticed, as some farmers do rounds to check every now and then, even if it’s once per day. read more

Not only do farmers have to fight weeds that steal nutrients, sunlight and water from our crops, but other things want to eat our food too. Many insects eat plants. There are over 500,000 insect species that feed on growing green plants. read more