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July 01, 2014

With new tech tools, precision farming gains traction
Warwick, United States (AFP) June 29, 2014
At Little Bohemia Creek Farm, the tractor pretty much drives itself, weaving through rows of corn using GPS technology as it injects carefully dosed amounts of fertilizer. Farm employee Andrew Isaacson sits in the cab - his main job is to monitor computer screens that control the vehicle and sprayer. "I just turn it around at each end," he says. With computers guiding field operations "it makes it easier in some ways but at the same time it makes it harder. You have to put more information ... read more

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