The armistice period was coming to an end.
Spring planting actually did not take up much of everyone's time.
There were only two kinds of people who invested in farming in the Federation. One was genuine farmers, who might have been working the land beneath their feet for generations—vast expanses of land! Federal law stipulated that any land reclaimed by an individual belonged to that person, with no additional fees required.
However, if those lands were not cultivated in time, they would once again become unclaimed agricultural land.
Yes, their ownership would change.
If a farm owner still wanted to cultivate that land, he would have to pay for it.
Because it was no longer wasteland!
There was countless wasteland in the Federation. For farm owners who genuinely wanted to seek wealth through agriculture, mechanized farming was the most cost-effective method! This was no longer like... in the beginning, when they could force some natives to work for them for free at gunpoint.
Now, labor costs in the Federation had risen sky-high. Compared to hiring a large group of workers, buying some cheap machinery was clearly more suitable for large-scale cultivation.
The other type engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry consisted of large-scale economic entities.
For example, the Big Seven Banks, or the Federation's Hedge Funds. They actually all liked investing in agriculture.
Moreover, because the Federation's population had exploded over the past few years, creating a food shortage, agriculture's prospects were viewed favorably, while agricultural product prices were also steadily rising.
Most people might have thought agricultural prices had only changed from one dollar to one dollar and ten cents, or one dollar and fifteen cents.
It seemed... not to have changed much.
At least housewives might only have spent one or two dollars more each time they bought