Tractors paralyzed Brussels today in protest
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It's even more mutli-disciplined than that. They have to be economist (to know when to sell and when not), they have to be chemist (due to all of the chemicals in modern agriculture), and they have to be veterinarians (to maintain livestock). They can pawn off some of that knowledge to others, but they need to at least have passing knowledge to do in the field maintenance.
There is a reason that the largest college at my local university is the College of Agriculture. Which ironically has the side effect of making sure the university stays pretty based with students that are actually tolerable.
Also agree with your original point about the Farm Lobby. I have said it many times, and I will always say it: If you tried the sort of shit the Euros are doing to their farmers here in Kansas, the response wouldnt even be a protest. It would be the farmers responding "Lol. Lmao even" and continuing on their day. Then the next day, the Farm Bureau would be breaking down your door telling you that you just signed the death warrant on your political career in the state.
Yeah, out in my rural area the farmers are all a bit multigenerationed, meaning that have the money and family to have all that outsourcing taken care of. So they went out and became all the business owners and community pillars too. So fucking with them isn't just political suicide, its basically complete ostracization from the entire multi-county area.