Agreed, but from a distance it sounds like farm machinery might be something that keeps interest and involvement, as it's so critical to operations. I'm somewh

Agreed, but from a distance it sounds like farm machinery might be something that keeps interest and involvement, as it's so critical to operations. I'm somewhat influenced by the descriptions of various farming organisations in Seeing Like A State which I recently read. There is a lot of active cooperation, experimentation, knowledge sharing etc. around crop varieties.