All grown up? Farming looks to a future with automatic harvesting.

All grown up? Farming looks to a future with automatic harvesting.

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Agriculture technology firm Smart Ag has developed what it calls AutoCart software to automate existing ag equipment, which can help alleviate labor shortage issues farmers are facing, according to Food Manufacturing . The automatic grain cart system enables one person to do what typically requires two skilled operators.

Though still in the pilot stage, testing of a driverless John Deere tractor and grain cart began this fall at MBS Family Farms in Iowa. AutoCart uses navigation technology adapted from the aerospace industry. It allows the tractor pulling the grain cart to chart an efficient path to wherever […]

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