Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 10/29/17

When CALS alumnus and tobacco grower Brandon Batten needed to streamline his baling process 10 years ago, he designed and built the automation himself. His homemade hydraulic-powered conveyors, scales and overhead chain-pulley system cut a day-long process down to an hour.Now, Batten uses a drone to scout the fields of his 600-acre Johnston County farm.

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