When you think of farming, you may not think of high tech things, like AI, robots, self driving vehicles, drones, and such. You’d be mistaken though. These technologies have been making some their earliest practical appearances in the farming industry. Today, we’ll talk about that.

Tech is changing farming as we know it, for better or worse. It will make farming much less expensive in the long run, but will also reduce the number of people needed for farming. Yet, with the rural population shrinking at the rate it is, this may be just in time.

Remember, you can ignore technology, but it won’t ignore you.

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Where do we get our info? Are we geniuses? Probably not, we just do research. Here's what we used for this episode. Just a few Reference links (the rest are on our YouTube post):

Reference links:

Share of the world's population living in urban or rural areas from 1960 to 2023

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1262483/global-urban-rural-population/

Urbanization in the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbanization_in_the_United_States

Farm Producers - USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service

https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/Highlights/2024/Census22_HL_FarmProducers_FINAL.pdf

How AI and Robotics are Driving Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability

https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-ai-and-robotics-are-driving-agricultural-productivity-and-sustainability/?utm_source=chartr&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=chartr_20250108

Driverless tractors: Which manufacturer is leading the race?

https://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/technology/driverless-tractors-which-manufacturer-is-leading-the-race

16 Agricultural Robots and Farm Robots You Should Know

https://builtin.com/robotics/farming-agricultural-robots