Question

Which option would probably produce the greatest short-term profit for the farmer in the following scenario? A farmer in the tornado belt is in debt because his farm has not produced a profit in almost four years. He has a number of acres that have not been cultivated for crops during that time. planting and harvesting a different kind of crop than before planting a cover crop to prevent erosion fermenting plant material to create ethanol installing wind turbines and selling the excess energy

Answer 1

Answer:

fermenting plant material to create ethanol

Explanation:

Fermentation is the process in which plant material is breakdown under anaerobic condition.

Fermenting plant material will be the greatest short-term profit for the farmer in the given scenario because plant material is already present and fermentation is a quick chemical process with less cost.

While other processes given that is planting and harvesting and wind turbines are long term processes.