OMAFRA horticulture weed specialist Kristen Obeid stands in front of a solar-powered FarmDroid, an autonomous cultivator weeder and seeder made in Denmark. It moves slowly, doesn’t need recharging and can handle almost 15 acres a day.
WOODSTOCK — There were daily demonstrations of robots at the Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock last month.
The odd-looking machines are increasing in popularity among field vegetable growers who prefer to lease them. All the robotics were provided by Haggerty AgRobotics, of Bothwell, in Western Ontario.
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