Agtech is high tech now, especially for the large agribusiness. Without this tech I would think it would be difficult to feed as many people as we do. Does this mean there needs to be more tech hiring in agribusiness?
But the problem the US has is that they just don't want to pay people a living wage or give them any guarantees. You know a farmer or machine operator in agriculture will have a full lifetime of work ahead of them. But in general, US employer culture does not want to commit to anything, they want to be able to fire a tenth of the workforce if there's a pandemic without any consequences.
err. Ranting but I hope you see my point. Automation isn't necessary to maintain production, it's a means to do the same job with less people.
The real problem is that it is a job where you are along for hours every day, in a rural area where there aren't many options at the end of the day for fun. Cities have some nice points, most people would like farming for a week and then get bored.
Also no one on the farm can repair any of this anymore.