As an expert on the subject who has spent my life working with farmers around the globe.
70% of them are fucking superstitious idiots who believe the craziest shit.
25% of them are of average intelligence who do their best and work hard.
5% of the are intelligent wonderful people who are highly technical and skilled.
The socio-economic reasons for why this occurs is interesting (at least to me). Remember farming has had centuries of pressure for migration for rural living to urban. Rural populations are isolated and historically have lacked access to higher education, healthcare, mental health, etc. So you have a constant brain drain, combined with lower relative mental and physical health.
So how the fuck do these morons manage to grow a crop? They outsource the decision making to “trusted advisors”. Government agents, agronomist, fieldman, etc. these are the people who are actually making the day to day decisions on most of the these farms. What to fertilize with, what to spray, when to harvest, when to plant etc… they do it all the thinking while the idiots ride around in the luxury tractor cabins letting the GPS stear as they listen to talk radio or watch videos.
As an expert on the subject who has spent my life working with farmers around the globe.
70% of them are fucking superstitious idiots who believe the craziest shit.
25% of them are of average intelligence who do their best and work hard.
5% of the are intelligent wonderful people who are highly technical and skilled.
The socio-economic reasons for why this occurs is interesting (at least to me). Remember farming has had centuries of pressure for migration for rural living to urban. Rural populations are isolated and historically have lacked access to higher education, healthcare, mental health, etc. So you have a constant brain drain, combined with lower relative mental and physical health.
So how the fuck do these morons manage to grow a crop? They outsource the decision making to “trusted advisors”. Government agents, agronomist, fieldman, etc. these are the people who are actually making the day to day decisions on most of the these farms. What to fertilize with, what to spray, when to harvest, when to plant etc… they do it all the thinking while the idiots ride around in the luxury tractor cabins letting the GPS stear as they listen to talk radio or watch videos.
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