alt Hacker NewsPretty straight forward really, you keep using horses in parallel: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-18/heavy-horsemen-keep-f...
That's the other side of the country, but it's how it's done over here also.
Still pull the old plough varieties, still practice shed blacksmithing, etc - even while developing and using autonomous Ag-Bot tractors for spraying, etc.
The article you've linked paints it as life-style, entertainment - rich people hobbies, which is different than doing it because it's more productive.
People will "trad-code", but not because it's the productive thing to do.