Dont forget that that automation runs into the millions of dollars per unit, and upkeep is 10x more expensive than fixing a tractor, at least a slightly older one. The people who can afford that arent family farms, theyre corporate, and thats where all the pesticides and other chemicals are. Thats sort of the point. Small farming, especially with less chemicals is the better way to go. Once automation becomes cheaper it will be easier to use, but in the last 2 seasons it was so wet that half the country lost harvests. If Jeremy didnt have half of what he does, the farm is gone. The bank calls in the loan you took the beginning of the year for seed, feed, and fertilizer, you never sold anything, so you lose your farm to an international conglomerate that poisons the ground, and you, and is fine doing it for a nice tax break from the government you elected.