Farmer Answers Farming Questions | Tech Support | WIRED

Tennessee farmer Matt Griggs joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about farming. How do farmers keep track of what they're growing, and keep it in such straight lines? Why does farming have such a high mortality rate as a profession? How are the ongoing trade wars affecting farmers? Why do farmers need government subsidies? How big of a problem is soil erosion? Is 100% organic farming possible? Answers to these questions and more await on Farming Support.

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0:00 Farming Support
0:19 How do farmers straight/regular lines in their fields?
1:26 Must-have farmer tools and equipment
2:19 How do you keep track of what you're growing?
3:50 A bushel and a peck? You bet your purdy neck I do.
4:26 Tractor GPS
5:50 Why does farming have such a high death rate?
6:34 Becoming a farmer
7:07 Farmer profits
8:48 Farmer subsidies
9:53 Field Corn and Dent Corn
10:34 Soil erosion
12:36 Pest control on the farm
13:33 ELI5: How is the soil replenished in farming fields?
14:35 How do farmers water their fields?
15:50 Trade Wars
17:48 Why do weeds grow faster than crops?
18:36 GMOs
19:26 Biggest expenses for farmers
20:26 Farm to market
20:52 The hardest part
21:36 Things farmers do you may not appreciate
22:04 A day in the life of a farmer
22:34 What do farmers do in the winter?
23:07 Making farming more sustainable
24:00 100% organic farming?

Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Peter Braswell
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Matt Griggs
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Jared Callan
Sound Mixer: Brandon Robertson
Production Assistant: Noelle Beard
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell

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