I remember Popular Science magazine back in the 1950s had an article about farming in 2000. They predicted robots would be driving tractors and managing animals... And that a lot of a farm's crop production would be done hydroponically.
Even though we've had a technological explosion with things like computer chips that was unknown in the 50s, we still drive our own machines. Certainly computer-controlled tractors can be and have been developed for large operators. Certainly computer technology can provide the various touch screens depicted in the video - and does in specialized instances. But those things remain costly in the grand scheme of things. I imagine the farmer of 2050 will be able to drive a tractor with his smart phone equivalent. Indeed, voice sensitive smart phones will probably replace computers as we know them. I doubt we will have many screens in our homes and on our tractors. But look around a moment. Some of us are still operating tractors built a half century ago. It would seem logical that some average and small farmers in 2050 will be operating tractors like those we use today.
And it doesn't take a genius to note in the postings on TBN that many/most tractor owners thrive on the visceral experience of actually operating a tractor. That is unlikely to change.
Now if you go 100 years into the future... Who knows. But, then, the Mayans say there will be no future past this December anyway.
