2 pages, Monsanto's Barton plant, Luling, Louisiana owns a computer that is literally running the ammonia operation. But it also employs plenty of people - in fact, five more than were there before the fantastic instruments took over. They are also there to monitor the equipment. Once in a while something "baffles" the computer and it takes a little investigation to correct the flaw.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08868
Notes:
Pages 215-256 in Ormrod, James S. (ed.), Changing our environment, changing ourselves: nature, labour, knowledge and alienation. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London. 315 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 102 Document Number: D10893
Notes:
Online from "Rural Blog" of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, Lexington.3 pages., Features a reporter's use of computer-assisted reporting skills to examine deaths of unbuckled drivers in Virginia, especially those in rural areas. Findings emphasize unbuckled drivers of pickup trucks.
