So the question then becomes for each specific element that goes into an industrial agriculture method or technique or process: What bad side effects are bad enough that the financial gain and good side effects are outweighed? Different interest groups not only reach different conclusions on this, but also recommend differing solutions, which then become factors in changing both market conditions and government regulations.
The inquiry is whether each component of an industrial agriculture method or technique or process poses such adverse consequences that the financial advantages and beneficial outcomes are deemed to outweigh them. Various interest groups arrive at disparate conclusions on this issue and recommend alternative solutions, which in turn affect both market dynamics and regulatory frameworks.