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Topcon Showcases How Precision Ag Creates Benefits Far Beyond the Field

Sugarcane harvesting has come a long way in the last 50 years – and the effects are being felt twofold in Brazil, the world’s top producer of sugar. As explored in Topcon's newly released whitepaper, ‘Controlled Traffic in Sugarcane’, the ripple effect of precision agriculture technology is being felt around the country, as Brazil makes leaps and bounds in the creation meaningful employment opportunities, operational efficiency and sustainability.

For Topcon, sustainability is a balance between profit, people and the planet. The company’s most recent whitepaper is a great case for all three: the economics of precision agriculture technology drive adoption, the workers in the sugarcane industry get to have a skill-based career and there are elements of sustainability woven throughout the entire operation.

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