The most unusual looking machine at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show this year had to be the autonomous irrigation system from 360 Yield Center, Regional sales manager Loren Weaver talks about the system and how it works.
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VIDEO: Autonomous irrigation system incorporates liquid fertilizer into the mix
Trimble Ag, Agco’s JCA link up for new precision ag venture
Agco gets majority control of a new precision ag and autonomy firm; Agco's GSI brand and others now under separate review
Global positioning tech firm Trimble is set to sell its precision ag business into a new joint-venture company that will include farm machinery maker Agco’s made-in-Manitoba autonomy arm. From farmers’ perspective, the two companies say their combined technology offering is expected to offer “seamless integration and connectivity across geographies, equipment brands and the crop life […] Read more
CNH puts full-electric utility tractors on deck
New Holland T4, Farmall 75C due out early 2024
Heavy equipment firm CNH plans to get two new all-electric utility tractor models onto at least a few dealer lots in 2024 — including one it bills as a first in the tractor market. CNH’s New Holland Agriculture arm said Monday its T4 Electric Power model, “the first all-electric utility tractor with autonomous features,” will […] Read more
VIDEO: Autonomous equipment evolves on the farm
A tour put on by Ontario’s Autonomous Working Group shows reliability and field uses increase for farm robots
Autonomous equipment use in Ontario agriculture is growing, but mostly in areas where crop value is high and the challenge of finding human help for crop care has dire consequences for farm profitability. For example, Haggerty AgRobotics has nine Naio Oz units leased to Ontario farmers, most of them market garden farmers who use the […] Read more
PHOTOS: Here come the crop robots
Here are some of the autonomous units in use and research in Ontario this summer.
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