Those farming innovations made industrial-scale farming possible and led to the 95% reduction of labor needed to feed the world. Of course, that led to obesity, heart disease and death, but it's much better to die well-nourished at 75 than under-nourished at 45.
Where was that picture taken?
That looks like the Palouse.
Yet farmers still lead the way when it comes to whining and crying for illegal alien slave labor.