29. This speaker argues that farmers who invested in organic farming equipment
should resume synthetic farming because it is financially unwise to continue organic
farming. The speaker cites studies showing that farmers who switched to organic
farming last year had tower crop yields. Based on these studies, the speaker concludes
that the relatively inexpensive investment in organic farming equipment cannot justify
continuing to farm organically. The speaker also claims that continuing to farm
organically is financially unwise because it is motivated by environmental, not
economic, concerns. The argument suffers from three problems.
One problem with this reasoning involves the vague comparative claim that
farmers who switched to organic farming fast year had lower crop yields. We are not
informed whether the survey compared last years organic crop yields with yields from
previous years or with those from synthetic farms. Moreover, the author provides no
evidence about how the survey was conducted. Lacking more information about the
survey, we cannot accept the speakers conclusion.
Secondly, the speaker assumes that the low crop yields for first-time organic
farmers last year are representative of crop yields for organic farmers overall. However,
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