I've never really liked or understood the idea of "conventional" farming as a descriptor. Organic farming is conventional. What is described as conventional farming is modern farming. The adoption of mechanization and new technologies whether it be equipment, seed and crops, practices, pesticides, fertilizer, and distribution, is to overcome the shortcomings of conventional farming to maximize yields. There's nothing conventional about it.
Go back a hundred years and tell a farmer you're reducing pesticide and fertilizer use by using a drone that is integrated into your GPS sprayer's variable rate control system, but you're the "conventional farmer" compared to the guy struggling to get 80% of the yield. It doesn't make any sense.
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