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This passage explores how agricultural technology aids food production. Students learn how machines make farming more efficient and help feed more people.
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Farmer Jo used machines to help grow food. Tractors plowed big fields quickly. Sprinklers watered many plants at once. Without these machines, growing enough food would take much longer.
What did tractors do?
Water plantsPick fruitPlow fieldsPlant seeds
Why were machines important?
Made work fasterMade plants biggerChanged weatherStopped bugs
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