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Interesting use of Techonlogy in farming.	by techi870	2005-05-16 14:48:09
We stopped past TechisSO's Aunt&Uncle's farm a few weeks ago. While I was there I was looking at one of their tractors. I noticed that it had a GPS system in it. On Saturday I got the chance to talk to TechisSO's cousin about the tractor. He told me that it makes huge difference in doing field work. You enter the dimension of the equipment you are using then head out to the field. Once you drive around the outside of the field a few time and make two passes at 90 deg through the middle of the field the unit calibrates itself for that field. Once the unit is calibrated to the field it will give the driver a visual reference to follow. This virtually eliminates the need for the driver to keep looking behind him to make sure the equipment is lining up with the last row seeded/cut. TechisSO's cousin told me that he no longer gets neck cramps from driving the tractor. Since the GPS system knows where it is to +/- 3" it will also save money for the farm. With out the system farms will usually overlap seeding passes by 8-12". By cutting that down it would save a decent amount of money when seeding multiple fields.
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I've heard of this use of GPS before.	by shorty82	2005-05-16 14:55:05
I've also heard of stories of combines that	by ChuckAB	2005-05-16 14:59:06
until there's a deer in the field (n/t)	by basher20	2005-05-16 14:59:53
Venisonburger, anyone? (n/t)	by PsychoI3oy	2005-05-16 17:04:47
/me grins. /me worked on this tech.	by williamashbless	2005-05-16 14:59:27
/Me still works on this stuff ;-) (n/t)	by AndyA	2005-05-16 15:37:17
The system I was looking at was from the factory.	by techi870	2005-05-16 15:04:12
They don't come with it as standard.	by AndyA	2005-05-16 15:42:34
That's a GREAT idea.	by Peace_man	2005-05-16 15:04:06
Precision placement of...	by williamashbless	2005-05-16 15:06:54
It does have it's pluses ;-)	by AndyA	2005-05-16 15:47:25
What's this	by Glytch78	2006-11-19 12:55:59
Irragation systems, I think	by nix	2005-05-16 15:48:12
s/irragation/irrigation/ (n/t)	by nix	2005-05-16 15:52:30
Those circles always make me think	by Peace_man	2005-05-16 15:49:44
Called "Pivot Agriculture" (n/t)	by pr7iDeS	2005-05-17 00:00:40

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