That’s what my guy at Cargill is for!
Legit farmers are often highly knowledgeable in their field (pun intended).
Especially now with the crazy tech being put into harvesting equipment. These guys can basically field strip a near fully autonomous combine harvester and put it back together with little more than a socket set and good ol’ grit. Not to mention they are definitely doing soil testing all the time and 100% know what should be planted where and when to maintain soil health.
I watched a piece about machine vision being used to identify pests that harvesting equipment then shoots with lasers rather than just full coverage pesticide spraying. These folks are honestly near the leading edge of some wild tech, because they are actually putting it to clear, effective, use rather than generating 13.5 fingered images of their favorite cartoon character in the nude like so many other AI enjoyers.
I had a software dev job at a small agro company about 10 years ago, where I learned that modern harvesters weigh what they harvest and record the location before sweeping it into a hopper. From this data they produce a yield map that helps them decide how to adjust how they program their machines next year, in terms of seed spacing, watering, and applying various products to maximize the yield in each spot. I mentioned lasering bugs as a joke and they said that was either real or coming soon.
