July 13, 2023· 42 min
An Arizona Farmer on How to Grow Alfalfa in the Middle of the Desert
Orality
Model
63%
Mixed oral/literate (blogs, casual essays)
Speaker Breakdown
HostJoe Weisenthal(1,638 words)
M:94%
HostTracy Alloway(926 words)
M:94%
GuestTrevor Bales(5,409 words)
M:93%
Oral Indicators
Agonistic36%
literally, completely, crazy
Engagement67%
you, our, your
Memory Aids100%
listen, now, right
Repetition100%
like (120x), it's (100x), water (99x)
Parallelism77%
And I'm Tracy Alloway...., So that was we were talking to..., But there's been a lot of talk...
Sound Patterns82%
73 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"
Formulaic Phrases7%
you know what, i mean, if you will
Literate Indicators
Hedging7%
quite, maybe, might
Passive Voice2%
was even, are been, is sectioned
Abstract Nouns15%
investment, recommendation, development
Subordination8%
because, until, provided
Sentence Length27%
Avg: 11.8 words/sentence
Word Complexity44%
investment, analyze, anticipate
Academic Markers0%
Impersonal Style33%
590 personal pronouns found
Descriptive Style59%
literally, completely, recently
Description
Due to a combination of drought, climate change and booming growth, Arizona is facing looming water scarcity. But for all the sprawl and population increase, the overwhelming amount of water used in the state is not consumed by residences, but rather farmers. So naturally, many argue that we should be doing less agriculture in the desert and move the production of cotton, alfalfa and various vegetables towards places with more rain. On this episode, we speak with Trevor Bales, the proprietor of Bales Hay Farm & Ranch in Arizona about his family’s history in the state and why he thinks this dry desert is a great place to grow alfalfa. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.