Careful study of farming often reveals that it's a mix of landowners (rich on paper, possible cashflow problems) and workers (usually immigrant, often undocumented, in which case they're not voting at all).

Fair point. I guess it is more like managing, say, a building or plumbing firm.

I guess what I should have said is "contempt for people outside of the laptop class" (and yes farmers may use laptops but you get what I mean).

Have you see any farmers with white collars? I haven't, they tend to wear working clothes even if they have lots of money.