Automation is a growing trend in today’s agriculture industry. As technology becomes more advanced and cheaper to purchase, the industry’s biggest players such as New Holland and Case IH are looking towards the future and how agriculture will work with autonomous technologies.
Unfortunately as farms become larger, the number of total farms in Canada is decreasing rapidly with each generation. This isn’t a uniquely Canadian problem. Large farms across North America are finding it harder to find quality workers who are experienced and can also operate the new machinery as it becomes more advanced.
Trouble finding quality labour is only one factor leading to companies investing more money and research into autonomous solutions like the technology from ASI or the DOT from SeedMaster, which we saw unveiled in 2017.
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