Farmer Answers Farming Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

I absolutely LOVE this video. Thank you Wired and thank you Matt! Fantastic!

i believe they're wealthy enough to buy acres of lands. meanwhile most young adults in america can barely afford rents with their IT related jobs .

I like how the subsidy question is right before the high frictose corn syrup part.

What plants do they use when they face zombies?

Thanks for promoting all the land grant universities. Many universities today are in the headlines for the wrong reasons but here is a valuable service provided by some of the oldest universities in the US. Boiler Up!

The great dust storm nearly 100 years ago great reference Jesus

I like that the presenter discusses the agricultural economy and the present political landscape objectively. Not an easy task in these hyper-partisan times.

Man they really stick it to you on that organic farming. 3 years seems overly excessive. 1 year would certainly be sufficient. Also with the big push for organic foods, the government should grant a cost offsetting subsidy for any farmers who want to switch to organic, and at least cover their increased costs until they are able to sell fully organic crops.

This was my favorite of all these support videos. Something that effects literally everyone deeply, and which not too many people think about, explained and a very clear and nuanced manner

Loved this one, always wanted to know more about farming. An episode talking about farming techniques in the past would also be fascinating.

this is amazing. one of the best episodes yet, in my opinion. i'm only 5 minutes in and i'm so engaged! this guy is a wonderful host

Trump’s trade war is not going to help you in the long run, no matter who is in office next.

Much better than Silicon Valley subsidies.

As a software engineer, I'm blown away by how much more technically qualified he's with high tech systems than I'll ever be and how much that challenged my prejudices of farmers.

Edit: and mechanically, ecologically, economically etc. Wow.

Edit 2: and chemically, politically 🤯

Flood irrigation, well, really irrigation in general, is the leading cause of the water crisis in the west. In Utah, for example, something like 80% of water used goes to agriculture to grow thirsty forage crops that don't have to be grown there. Irresponsible irrigation and a refusal on the part of the government to rein it in is going to kill the long-term viability of the west.

I love his answers onvthe economics of farming. Who knew organic was such risky business.

Drumpf is a clown. The farmer had my vote in confidence until he shared his own towards the Drump clown.

The video was really interesting, and he explained everything very clearly. What I would’ve liked to know more about is how farmers in the U.S. are adapting to climate change. Are more of them switching to irrigation systems in areas that didn’t need them before? Are they planting different crops? Are they buying genetically modified seeds that are better suited to the changing weather?

I think he has been the most important guest on this series so far. All the other profession, how noble they might be, no doubt farming is the most important. Unfortunately, a lot of politics side with businessmen and middlemen than the actual farmers.

Bro didnt answer the income question. We wanted to know how much you made, not what your company had after paying out salary. That salary being how much you make.

This guy is great but probably not the best guy to ask about farming subsidies. Farm subsidies only exist where the farmer vote matters. That's not a coincidence.

After eight years of boycotting his taxes, a farm owner in Billerica MA has finally been vindicated. The town admitted to overtaxing his land, and it turned out he had overpaid so much that, after applying the proper assessment for those eight years, the city owed Mr. Griggs $30,000.

Sad that anyone interested in getting into farming is basically SOL because a young person could never afford the land and the startup costs

This guy is absolutely awesome and reminds me of so many of the farmers I've met since moving to Iowa 35 years ago.
Now I just have to get over my prejudice against people with Southern accents as being dumb. He is so obviously not dumb!

That was great! I disagree about how he discussed GMOs but all in all a super solid video. He did mention how chemical companies will push research to get people to buy more of their product, and that's exactly what Monsanto did with Roundup ready corn. I'm sure he isn't ignorant to that fact, but that point went unsaid.

A peck is just a quarter bushel. You know those little baskets of apples? That’s a peck.

Easily one of my favorite episodes so far!

They are electricians, mechanics, pathologists, agronomists that are only paid 3 dollars an hour? It sounds like their workers will make at least twice as much as them.

I didn't know GPS could get that insanely accurate 😮

You could see why Khrushchev wanted American corn.

I'm surprised when you were talking about field corn you didn't mention animal feed. Way more crops are grown to feed animals than humans, but that means its still turned into food.

man this guy really need look into organic farming more. like with cover crop and blends of crabmeals as well not just manure XD

I've heard about the "right to repair" issue, and this video has me wondering how much of the equipment repair and maintenance cost is caused by equipment manufacturers (mainly tractors?) trying to require the equipment they sell be repaired by expensive and sometimes unavailable repair persons/teams they employ.

This episode was really interesting.

Subsidies exist to make things that arent profitable profitable. Because who needs economics when you have the government.

The other reason for farming subsidies is national security. If farms fail, you don't want to rely on an outside (of the country) party to supply food for you military and population.

What a knowlegeable and hard-working guy!

Billions of people would have to die, if farming switched over to organic farming totally. The yields cannot support the current population.

Great episode!

Farming is one of many professions that the rest of us take for granted.

This ep was a banger

I played enough farming sim to understand him (occasional clarks farm)

Wanna upset a corn farmer? Tell them how much an ounce of weed sells for.

It never ceases to blow my ever loving mind how much science and engineering farmers do day in and day out
Super good explanation of the value of subsidies too. Great answer.

This was informative, thank you😊

It's beautiful how his accent make "soil" sound like ''SOUL".

Since I don't see other comments about it, I am just happy he ate the corn in front of us so that he could say the point AND prove it. GREAT everywhere else in the video as well. I would watch another video of this guy. Communicates well and actually knows the stuff.