Written by Tom Allen-Stevens
Of all the jobs untouched by the new COVID-inspired vogue of working from home, farming has to be close to the top of the list, along with parcel delivery and quarrying. Although some of us occasionally feel totally at home in our tractor cabs, the idea that we can farm without leaving the farmhouse remains largely an anathema. ‘Proper’ farming always requires donning a pair of stout boots and getting beyond the threshold of the back door to brace the elements. But before we dismiss this trend to do work via remote internet linkage to the outside world as something reserved for ‘office-wallers’ not land workers, I’ve noticed how lap-top farming is creeping into the job more and more. Not long ago my August evenings used to be spent checking the drier every 20mins to make sure hoppers were at correct levels and augers were running free. I can remember only too well that late night temptation to let this static machinery look after itself a little longer than was wise, only to be greeted by the smell of burnt Kevlar as I belatedly entered the grain store to find the pandemonium of grain spewing everywhere and anywhere as seized…
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