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The original seeds and farm equipment still exist for the most part. Farmers use GMO patented seeds and no-right-to-repair complex farm equipment "systems" because they're more efficient despite the downsides.

or they're the only option, or affordable option (by design). Capitalism is horrid for food security.

> Farm equipment - bigger equipment, more sensors and computers

The alternative is to keep using the same equipment + manual labor

Both need to happen worldwide to be sustainable long-term; mobility and load balancing are important.

Farmers are getting squeezed by $4 wheat and the elimination of the sole buyer of their worthless sorghum crop.