Posted by JD Seller on February 11, 2017 at 18:54:46 from (208.126.196.24):
In Reply to: Modern Day Farmer posted by John in La on February 11, 2017 at 18:04:21:
I saw that a few years ago. Getting bored is an issue. My sons take their lap tops with them an do much of the planning and organizing while doing field work. The newer tractors have not only auto steer but cruse control too. So the operator is actually only monitoring the equipment and turning it on the head lands. I think we will see more of the automatic systems in the years to come. Cloned tractors and fully autonomous tractors are already being tested. With skilled farm labor being needed for a shorter season and requiring higher skills I see this trend continuing.
The auto steering and parallel tracking are real money savers. Studies show that a human driver will over lap between 5-10%. So lets assume just 5%. So a 5% over lap on 3000 acres is 150 acres of seed, fuel or fertilizer wasted. The wider the equipment the wider higher the over lap is with a human operator.
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