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  • The biggest change in farm machinery is in computerisation. The gear my mate drives 'learns' fields by gps, ensures no overlap of spray and calculates spray dosage by yield. The combines calculate yield by acre and moisture content of the grain plus a million things I have forgotten. Modern kit is all air conditioned and has suspension seats that are more comfortable than the average sofa. The little shit reminds me of those details every time the temperature rises above 30.

  • The latest thing is GPS guided drones spraying precise doses of fertilisers.
    The farmer loads their tanks at his building. Drone flies away, does its work and returns without wrecking any crop.

  • Now that I must Google, they must be the size of a helicopter to carry the tanks! If my mate's boss gets one he's out of a job.

    The only tractor I get to play with is an ancient Fergie with a power harrow for rotavating large areas. It has natural air conditioning and a metal seat....

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