A Look Inside A Modern Combine Harvester

Farmers across the country (and increasingly the world) rely upon technology as an integral part of their day to day farming operations. In The Dalles, Oregon, fifth generation farmer David Brewer shows us the insides of his John Deere combine harvester, a self-propelled thresher machine that separates the straw (chaff) from the grain. The soft white winter wheat grain is used primarily in pastries and crackers.

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[TheMipitts]

Technology helps farmers farm more efficiently.

[wh2006dk]

Having lived in the eastern part of Washington it is no shock that people need technology to operate a modern farm. what bothers me about how this is presented, is that it is some how naively assumes that we can either liver without technology or that technology is bad. The phrase" (and increasingly the world) rely upon technology as an integral part of their day to day farming operations.' Seems to allude to the pastoral fantasies of the yuppy class that produces this series