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Evening Edition | Monday, December 19, 2022
In tonight's Evening Edition, read about precision technology, soybean crop in Brazil, and a new autonomous tractor.
Precision Technology
Editor Laurie Bedord reports on the advancement of precision tillage technology in the article linked below.
Like the variable-rate approach used for seed, fertilizer, and chemicals, prescription tillage technology offers farmers or their trusted advisers the ability to create prescriptions to vary the depth and intensity of tillage tools on the go.
Read on to learn more about the benefits and if it's worth the money.
Soybean Fields in Brazil
Farmers in Brazil have cleared land to grow soy in the new agricultural frontier known as Matopiba.
In Matopiba states, some 1.729 million acres of native vegetation were transformed into soy fields in the eight-year period between 2013-2014 and 2021-2022, according to Abiove data.
Learn more about Brazil's soy output in the article linked below.
Electric, Autonomous Tractor
Editor Alex Gray reports on the New Holland T4 Electric Power, an all-electric light utility tractor with autonomous features.
The tractor was developed with Monarch Tractor and while the prototype is branded for New Holland, the model will extend to the Case IH brand as well.
Read on for more about the autonomous functions of the tractor.
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