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Upvote for the fellow techno-optimist. I am pretty excited with some of the startups I have seen in the electric farm equipment space. https://www.monarchtract

Upvote for the fellow techno-optimist. I am pretty excited with some of the startups I have seen in the electric farm equipment space. https://www.monarchtractor.com/ https://www.monarchtractor.com/ I don't own a farm so I don't have industry insight but it's exciting because I think this is a problem at least appears solvable. I realize large combines are probably an issue but if you can automate the process perhaps smaller machines workout because they can run without human intervention. I am especially excited from what I have seen from the herbicide side. Take pictures the crop is driven over, hit with lasers or targeted herbicide instead of spraying the whole crop. The future is exciting.

araes 3y ago
A story I found interesting on the farm equipment development, was the effect that games like "Farm Simulator" are having as feedback on the actual industry. [1] Especially the "actual" gamist stuff. Like, "we need actual 3m tractors, they can't all be 9m $multi-million sales. How are we supposed to start out farming?" Except the industry does not "natively" think this way. Which is so crazy. They all just wanna make the big sales and ignore the little guy. Note the quote below. > Players need to be able to buy a three-metre cultivator early on, or a nine-metre version later. > “The really interesting stuff is above nine metres, and that’s what everyone wants to advertise,” Seidel said. “It’s up to me and my colleagues to be patient and negotiate.” [1] https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/mar/25/flight-simulator-for-tractors-how-a-video-game-is-enticing-farmers-on-to-xbox https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/mar/25/flight-simulat...
geraldhh 3y ago
Thanks for the link! Thou, while the description makes it seem like a high-utility and light-duty machine for high-margin farming (nuts&berries), it could also be total vaporware as the machines look "too tidy" and unused in the footage. curious if anyone could chime in here and provide some organic feedback.

araes 3y ago

A story I found interesting on the farm equipment development, was the effect that games like "Farm Simulator" are having as feedback on the actual industry. [1] Especially the "actual" gamist stuff. Like, "we need actual 3m tractors, they can't all be 9m $multi-million sales. How are we supposed to start out farming?" Except the industry does not "natively" think this way. Which is so crazy. They all just wanna make the big sales and ignore the little guy. Note the quote below. > Players need to be able to buy a three-metre cultivator early on, or a nine-metre version later. > “The really interesting stuff is above nine metres, and that’s what everyone wants to advertise,” Seidel said. “It’s up to me and my colleagues to be patient and negotiate.” [1] https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/mar/25/flight-simulator-for-tractors-how-a-video-game-is-enticing-farmers-on-to-xbox https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/mar/25/flight-simulat...

geraldhh 3y ago

Thanks for the link! Thou, while the description makes it seem like a high-utility and light-duty machine for high-margin farming (nuts&berries), it could also be total vaporware as the machines look "too tidy" and unused in the footage. curious if anyone could chime in here and provide some organic feedback.