Farming matters: Niall Blair - 'It is easy to farm when your plough is a smartphone'

It is easy to farm when your plough is a smartphone, and you live a thousand miles from the cornfield.

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Farming matters: Niall Blair - 'It is easy to farm when your plough is a smartphone'

It is easy to farm when your plough is a smartphone, and you live a thousand miles from the cornfield. A modern interpretation of Eisenhower's quote, but I do wonder what he would make of today's urban...

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