Eighteen-year-old Danila Moroz, a winner of national agricultural skills competitions, drives a tractor without touching the steering wheel. His hands are free and his eyes fixed upfront on a tablet displaying a digital field map and precision farming data. Guided by an autopilot system, the vehicle navigates the furrows with perfect accuracy. This isn’t a scene from a science fiction movie but the daily reality in the training laboratory at Smilovichsky State College, where a new generation of farmers is being trained.

It is also a glimpse of how a profession long associated with hard physical labor is being reshaped. Danila's story shows that working the land has become more like IT. 

“Most people think agriculture is just hard physical work,” he says. "But if you know how to use modern technology, everything changes. In the past, our work was more manual. Now, it's more intellectual."

His story vividly illustrates how professions are evolving. 

Danila grew up in Minsk, but his interest in machinery took root in the countryside during visits to his grandfather, who worked as a tester at the Minsk Tractor Plant for many years. “From an early age, I followed him around, watched him repair things, and asked to try driving,” Danila recalls.

When his classmates began thinking about life after graduation, Danila already knew his path. 

“I wasn't bothered that agriculture isn't trendy or hyped like IT,” he says. “It was what I truly wanted to do. I didn't even consider other options.”

Danila found Smilovichsky College the same way many of his peers find information today: through social media.