Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Another Farming Revolution

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Need For Speed

When I read this article, I was stunned!

“... growers invest in more-sophisticated machinery to rapidly sow crops in narrow windows of favorable weather.”

[a farmer] spent $15,000 to retrofit his John Deere 8300 tractor with a Global Positioning System that uses satellites to steer automatically, monitor seed rates and gather and store planting data.”

“... one of the new high-tech tools that helped corn farmers sow 30% of this year's U.S. crop in a single week, covering an area roughly the size of New York, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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