For the upcoming planting season, Farmer McCoy can plant corn (a₁), wheat (a₂), or soybeans (a₃) or use the land for grazing (a₄). The payoffs associated with the different actions are influenced by the amount of rain: heavy rainfall (s₁), moderate rainfall (s₂), light rainfall (s₃), or drought (s₄ ). The payoff matrix (in thousands of dollars) is estimated as

Develop a course of action for Farmer McCoy based on each of the four decisions under uncertainty criteria.

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