Topic > Technology: The Impact of Technology in Agriculture…

Technology is also replacing human jobs that previously required multiple people to complete. Now a person checks the computer to make sure it is working properly. With computers replacing jobs, the unemployment rate is rising. In the agricultural sector, farmers had multiple workers performing many tasks, but now the farmer may be reduced to just one wage earner. This being the case for many people, this has caused major problems for men looking for work with little education. With fewer people in the agricultural industry, we've gotten to the point where no one needs to be in the machine. “Farmers now use GPS-based technology to guide agricultural equipment such as tractors, sprayers or harvesters” (Doc 2014). With farmers having GPS systems in the machines this allows the farmer to have fewer men hired to manage the work