Measuring the overall employment impacts of agricultural automation is difficult because it requires large amounts of data tracking all the transformations and the associated reallocation of workers both upstream and downstream.
mˈɛʒɚɹɪŋ ðɪ ˌoʊvɚɹˈɔːl ɛmplˈɔɪmənt ˈɪmpækts ʌv ˌæɡɹɪkˈʌltʃɚɹəl ˌɔːɾəmˈeɪʃən ɪz dˈɪfɪkəlt bɪkˈʌz ɪt ɹᵻkwˈaɪɚz lˈɑːɹdʒ ɐmˈaʊnts ʌv dˈeɪɾə tɹˈækɪŋ ˈɔːl ðə tɹænsfoːɹmˈeɪʃənz ænd ðɪ ɐsˈoʊsɪˌeɪɾᵻd ɹˌiːˌæləkˈeɪʃən ʌv wˈɜːkɚz bˈoʊθ ʌpstɹˈiːm ænd dˈaʊnstɹiːm.