Source: Katie Pratt, FARM PROGRESS, 3/14/19


When autonomous machinery becomes available, grain producers who adopt it would likely see economic benefits, but only if the machinery is not cost prohibitive, according to a University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment study. While autonomous technology, such as driverless tractors, is not commercially available in the U.S. yet, it could be soon. Several companies have developed prototypes, and the technology is already in use in large-scale grain production in Canada.

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