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by Enginerrrd 1407 days ago
Yeah, I'm an engineer that has worked closely with farmers for much of my career. I'm in absolute awe. They are an unbelievable wealth of knowledge of all kinds of technology, hydraulics, mechanics, weather, genetics, soil science, hydrology, forecasting, business, etc. etc. etc. The list just keeps going. And in general, if your numbers are telling you one thing and the farmer is telling you another, I'd usually bet on the farmer.

These people are CEO's of massive enterprise operations managing tons of capital in a high-risk, high-tech, unbelievably complex environment that they must constantly stay on top of.