John Deere’s introduction of a commercial-ready autonomous tractor is a big first step to fully driverless farm equipment. But it also left me with some lingering questions.
In this episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast, Ohio State University's Scott Shearer shares what surprised him about the announcement of John Deere's autonomous tractor, his predictions for the future of autonomous farm equipment and what issues he thinks manufacturers shouldn’t ignore when it comes to autonomy.
The future of agricultural drones looks promising in the next decade. Experts predict drones will be able to operate autonomously in 2-3 years, and agricultural drones will grow to a $6.5 billion industry within 10 years.
The latest round of funding will be used to accelerate development and trials of the Agtonomy platform, which turns tractors and other equipment into autonomous machines.
John Deere revealed a fully autonomous tractor at CES 2022 earlier this month. The company says the machine is ready for large-scale production and will be available to farmers in time for fall tillage operations.
This episode of the Precision Farming Dealer podcast features highlights from the top five most-listened-to interviews of 2021. Conversations range from practical advice about hiring new dealership staff to precision agriculture’s impact on the environment to interviews with CEOs of two high-profile precision ag tech companies.
The autonomous electric machine, called Ted, drives in the rows between the vines to weed around plants. It uses RTK guidance, sensors, lasers, cameras and probes to understand its environment.
The machine combines Deere’s 8R tractor, TruSet-enabled chisel plow, GPS guidance system and new advanced technologies. The autonomous tractor will be available to farmers later this year.
Aaron Magenheim, founder of consulting firm Ag Tech Insight, shares the top 3 agtech investment trends he identified in 2021 and what’s ahead for 2022, including 8 ag tech startups on his radar.
North Dakota's Department of Commerce will award 1:1 matching funds for autonomous agriculture innovation facilities, project management for complex North Dakota-based and global autonomous ag concepts, and initiatives to increase the skills of the autonomous ag workforce.
Carbon Robotics is well known for its LaserWeeder, but did you know the company also makes autonomy retrofit kits for tractors and implements? The company recently launched the Carbon Autonomy Ready program, which enables implement manufacturers to make their equipment optimized for Carbon Autonomy kits.
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