I think we need a systems approach in Ag ..in both small or industrial farming..too. So we can achieve systems level results.

Software can be helpful but it’s enhancements contribute very little to the profit margins.

Take for example this cost analysis of orient eggplant for 2005(I picked this eggplant because it’s not a commodity crop grown by industrial Ag and is niche. In other words, it’s not like lettuce or strawberries or corn or soy)

http://sfp.ucdavis.edu/crops/coststudieshtml/BpEggplantOrien...

Check the percent of labour costs and capital/equip costs wrt operating costs. Software will help as part of the bigger systems approach, but at the end of the day, the urgent problem we need to tackle is labour costs and labour availability.