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gene_mingo
I think picking the corn goes beyond food prep and into harvesting.
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Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn: and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
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As I read this passage, the disciples were hungry and they picked the corn to eat right then, not an ordinary work of harvesting crops.
Also, when Jesus refers to King David in v. 3 he speaks of David eating the shewbread because David was hungry.
Yes, a farmer should ordinarily rest from his labor on the Lord's Day by the Fourth Commandment too.