Whether or not the farmer made a correct statement about the runway, I always find it incredible that someone on the ground can make a statement that the "pilot was disoriented." How the hell does HE know?
It's long been known that eyewitnesses are highly unreliable, and that the eyewitnesses at the same scene frequently contradict each other.
NTSB briefing confirms they were on 26. Scars at the end of the runway, plus digital flight recorder says they were on 260 heading.
As we already knew, wrong runway.