Solutions to the labor shortage, lighter machines in their fields and using inputs more precisely were the top reasons surveyed farmers gave for buying autonomous machinery.
Source: AEI report “Autonomous Farm Equipment: U.S. Farm Adoption & Outlook”
According to a new custom research report from Ag Equipment Intelligence, most industry watchers say the state of autonomous technology in agriculture currently hovers somewhere within the broad categories of Level 3 (machine operates totally independently with only human observation) and Level 4 (operator is able to automate end-to-end workflow), with new applications and refinements continually being unveiled.
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