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Tire pressure adjustments on the fly
benefit farmers and the environment
John Deere has rolled-out a new fully integrated tire
pressure monitoring system for its 8R Series tractors
with ILS, allowing farmers to adjust tire pressure at the
touch of a button. Learn how tire pressure adjustments
can work in your favor: higher yields and lower
operating costs – all while lowering CO2 emissions.
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Autonomy, Robots, & Wine
Meet YV01, an autonomous spraying robot that will
soon transform vineyards. YANMAR has created an
advanced spraying system that ensures vines are
precisely sprayed with a specific amount of droplets...
less spraying = less costs. Oh, and it can navigate
slopes up to 45% without compressing soils, in any
weather conditions.
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Productivity and agronomic flexibility
essential for this new vertical tillage tool
Case IH kept farmer productivity and agronomic
flexibility top of mind when designing its new-ish
(announced in late September) VT-Flex 435. Its
variable gang angle adjustments allow producers to
meet soil management needs with greater precision
and flexibility. Operators can also seamlessly adjust the
tillage tool setting from the cab on-the-go.
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Robotic harvesting technology
lands this company $25M
Advanced Farm Technologies raised $25 million in a
series B investment round to support the company’s
growth in robotic strawberry harvesting, as well as
the adaptation of its technology to apple harvesting.
The Advanced Farm TX Robotic Strawberry Harvester
automatically senses and picks ripe fruit from in-soil
strawberry beds.
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The largest greenhouse in the U.S. yields
30x more per acre than open fields
According to the UN, when we reach 10 billion people
on Earth by 2050 we will need to produce 70% more
food to feed them. But how can we achieve that? One
option involves AI-powered greenhouses. AppHarvest
currently operates a 60-acre state-of-the art facility
in Kentucky that uses 90% less water to produce 30x
more per acre than open fields.
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