Health comes first for farmers since many farmers are family operated and has limited working members. If in case of injury and had to be absent from work for some time, this would directly affect farmer's income. A Sweet potato farmer in eastern part of Japan had this concern which lead him to introduce "Muscle Suit Every".
"One container of harvested sweet potatoes weighs up to 25 kgs, and I use the suit to load and unload the containers onto trucks and into the warehouse. My lower back was always in pain, but especially these last few years it hurt so much I couldn't turn over in my sleep. Muscle Suit can be used outdoors with water resistant and dust proof, works with compressed air, and doesn't require electricity, so I decided to try it. When I did, loading and unloading the containers was a lot less painful on my back."
He also says that wearing the Muscle Suit feels like someone is supporting by pushing his backside, reducing the risk of hurting the back. Since the burden is reduced, he was able to gain stable income by re starting to grow additional crops which he had been stopping because of his back pain. Automation is still challenging in the farmers field but the Muscle Suit can help support the manual operation of farming.