Farmers warming to autonomous ag: inventor

Source: Barb Glen, Producer.com, July 23, 2018  

Norbert Beaujot says more producers are overcoming their skepticism about driverless farm equipment such as DOT

While men in tractors pulled seeding and tillage implements over the ground at the July 17-19 Ag in Motion show, the DOT autonomous seeder laboured quietly on its own.

DOT debuted last year at the Ag in Motion show, but farmer interest in seeing it operate was still strong this year, judging by the number of observers.

Its U-shaped chassis and diesel power source is designed to connect with other compatible implements, and in fact several have been developed.

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