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(Kondinin Group members)
Sheep work can be one of the necessary evils when it comes to handling stock on the farm. Crutching, dagging, wigging, drenching and vaccinating are all important husbandry tasks but when the sheep is 50-100kg or more, it can literally be back breaking.
In May’s Research Report, we look at the companies working in the autonomous farm machinery space and how they are progressing towards making autonomous machinery readily available.
Technology moves at an incredible pace, particularly when improved efficiency or efficacy can be demonstrated. Autonomous systems are likely to follow in the footsteps of auto-steer according to Kondinin Group engineer, Ben White, who has seen autonomous tractors implemented on Australian farms successfully.
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Research Report: Autonomous tractors - May 2017
ARGUABLY, autonomous tractors will be here and commonplace within a decade given the amount of research, development and investment that is happening globally.
