Farm automation could cost us jobs as food surplus continues to grow

Farming as probably the oldest economic activity in existence is surely the greatest example of phenomenal economic success in the world today.

The ability to produce adequate food to sustain the human race has historically been problematic, but to be able to securely and consistently produce and transport to anywhere in the world sufficient to feed 7 billion people is the crowning glory of advanced technology in the 21st century.

It is an achievement personified by the Irish Ploughing Championship and leaves everyone who attends in awe of what human intelligence and ability can achieve in the creation of technology that so spectacularly serves the people.