There are successes. Cotton farmers don't treat for aphids to protect beneficials. Soybeans are not routinely treated with insecticides to control corn earworms. Peanut growers use weather information to help determine the need for fungicide applications. Fields are scouted.
Treatment is based on thresholds.
Soil samples are taken and relied on for fertilizer applications. The A's and E's do need to work together and educate each other about what is really going on. Thanks for letting me have my say. Happy New Year.