"No sacred cows" for dairy farmer Carl Lippert

Conversation with a techno-optimist

Carl is a dairy farmer, the founder of an animal feed software startup called FeedX, Twitter expert, and in general a nerdy / weird guy. Here’s a brief summary of our conversation, followed by an edited and annotated version of our conversation. I want to thank my friend Shane Thomas, who encouraged me to have a conversation with Carl.

Image provided by Carl Lippert

Summary of my conversation with Carl Lippert

A Techno-optimism: Carl is a dairy-farmer by birth, but he branched into software and tech due to his interests. He is a strong believer in the power of technology to create a better future. He believes that Fintech can solve a lot of problems in agriculture.

B Cultural problems in farming: Carl believes that most problems are culture problems. Tech people find it hard to empathise with farming due to a lack of context. He touches on the angst in middle America, which has dominated so much of the political discourse over the last few years. Farming is a "not opt out" culture whereas…