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So you believe they are highly averse to automation processes within their industry?. Thanks for the info though.

• pulvinar 3mo ago
  If you're looking for farmers who aren't averse to tech, there are a number with YouTube channels. They're also the sort who love to talk to people. That may skew their opinions from the norm, of course.
• goodmythical 3mo ago
  Not necessarily averse as much as wary. Like right now, I'm having trouble making in roads on specific techniques for growing this particular thing I'd like to grow because there are very few companies that have cracked it and spent hundreds of thousands or millions in R&D in order to figure it out, so they are understandably not overly enthusiastic about disclosing the entire setup. But you'll see protection mindsets at the local level too. Neighbors will lie about which seed they used, how much fertilizer, yield, etc, but not always. Like, someone who does cattle might be more free with their information when talking to a corn/soy farmer. Or take someone like a pepper farmer: a competing greenhouse is more likely to get stonewalled than a hobbyist who's just trying to understand why their fruits are small. That's all I'm saying, I guess, is it's all in the approach. You'll get more traction from genuine curiosity than "I am building/selling this thing"
  • strapchay 3mo ago
    Are you into farming in some sort of way cause it seems like it from your reply. Is it possible to get a DM and we can discuss in details?