Yeah, they were bad at their jobs before, so we should make them even worse now!

It doesn't serve any purpose to act like they were good at their jobs before. Returning to a status quo of 5 or 15 years ago is such a mediocre goal in this space that its arguably not worth spending political capital on.

probably worth asking when those prices will come down.

Automation has been making food steadily cheaper for 300+ years, and continues to do so. Sometimes the price of oil goes up so much that fuel and fertilizer price increases negate the wins from automation, but automation is still generating wins and will only accelerate as robots get smarter.

Agree. I don't pay attention to people trying to call the top, but I do pay attention to profitability/sustainability concerns.