My grandparents started farming with horses. Milked a couple cows, raised a few hogs,, had laying hens and sold the excess eggs to a broker in the nearest large town for spending money, picked corn by hand, ground feed for the livestock with a stationary burr mill in the corn crib. Mixed the ingredients on the floor with a shovel and carried it to the feeders in a bushel basket. When visiting for a meal as a kid, Grandma still cooked a majority of the meals in the "summer kitchen" burning wood, corn cobs, or coal. Their neighbors had a pump at the kitchen sink but no running water and still used the outhouse until the early 1960's. When they retired they got a microwave. They used it with some skepticism.
I guess the point of my rambling is that we have all seen the advances in technology throughout our lifetime and although some adapt to the "new way" sooner than others, we have all experienced it. More informed about the ag sector than others but it seems they do a good job on informing us on what is in the pipeline for changes that are coming before they are introduced and sometimes we wait for those to materialize before making new purchases etc. The advent of the tractor, trucks and augers for moving grain, the evolution of field equipment, etc. has always been part of the growth process. it's not comparable to bringing Matt Dillion into our lives and explaining what the red, green and yellow lights at the intersection mean. I would think those older folks would be more astounded by the cost of equipment, land and inputs than the technology. It takes a lot of eggs these days.
