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Technology has come a long way (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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(this is just a joke - of course farmwork still has physically demanding parts)

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[–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I work at a farm currently, today I spend a few hours picking rocks off a field after new soil had been spread there.

While most of the farming itself is done by machines, there's a lot of maintenance stuff that needs to be done by hand.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Oh thanks for your insight. I feel the work "rocks" is doing some heavy lifting. I imagine they can be pretty large?

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Something you can fairly easily lift with both hands. For larger ones we use a tractor and bucket, but for smaller ones it's just more efficient to throw them in the bucket by hand.

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