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Have you actually done farming? I grew up on a farm. It's no where close to a safe bet.

It's capital intensive, high risk, hard work with low margins. Not at all like stardew.

Personal horticulture is fun and rewarding! Grow your own lettuce, tomato, etc.

BigAg is HARD WORK

Absolutely. I love having my own garden and growing food for myself and friends. I give away a ton of food with what I grow.

I'll never run a farm.

Closest thing I might come to is a florist's greenhouse, but that's probably still a no go

Presumably he means safe with respect to task consolidation, as per the topic of discussion. Which I would agree is more or less true, but only because farming already went through its consolidation phase. Hence the old saying that goes something like: "A farmer has to be a mechanic, an engineer, a scientist, a veterinarian, a business manager, and an optimist—all in a single day."

As a farmer, if you think programming, CI/CD pipeline management, and database administration being consolidated into one job is a line too far... Brace yourself!

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