This bonus content is a reading from Platypus, the CASTAC Blog. The full post by Ziya Kaya can be read at https://blog.castac.org/2023/11/algorithmic-imaginations-in-agriculture-automation/. About the post: Agricultural digitization not only sparks the imagination of humans being replaced by automation and data but also creates participatory models in corporate settings that aim to incorporate farmers’ know-how and practices into technology development. This participatory approach to technology development contributes to capital accumulation in new ways in parallel with the digitalization of everyday life. Moreover, it leads to the emergence of novel imaginations about automated farm work while also redefining the value and the division of labor on farms.

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