
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Given that a farmer's rectangular field is divided into a 2 by 2 grid of 4 rectangular sections, find the number of distinct ways the farmer can plant five different crops: corn, wheat, soybeans, potatoes, or oats, under the constraints that corn is not adjacent to wheat, soybeans is not adjacent to potatoes, and oats is not adjacent to corn.

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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