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    Chinese Hydrogen/Electric drone tractor


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    It'll give you Covid you know...

    That's an interesting and great first step for the Ag industry - being such a diesel reliant business - will be interesting to see this develop. Obviously trialing the tech, but in reality something at least 10 times the HP would be needed to break into any reasonable market, but I'm sure that will come eventually.
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    Had a drive of a very cool tractor at xmas on a farm. BIG, air suspension, air seat suspension and tech to allow almost full remote control. It is possible now via phone, computer and a farm based WIfi set up, satellites or less likely 4 or 5g network in some remote places here due to distances.
    The most interesting part of the tractor besides it tech, power and comfort was it's expected to be out of data specifically due to the power source being diesel inside 10 years. My second thought was how far the tractors have changed in such a short time. With several new ones in the last few years each a huge improvement in several areas. It is a race with not just the fuel I think

    Smart devices and sensors can help farmers increase yields and increase efficiency, but require immense resources and data speeds. With more devices and data, it will be challenging even for some 4G networks to cope. 5G can overcome this, providing real-time, high-speed communications among these sensors and devices.


    Farming improvements also amazing with dry land farming/cropping now making much more with much less. Places which were marginal or nonviable are now very productive due to significant improvements and changes by our very bright and adaptive farmers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NavyDiver View Post
    Had a drive of a very cool tractor at xmas on a farm. BIG, air suspension, air seat suspension and tech to allow almost full remote control. It is possible now via phone, computer and a farm based WIfi set up, satellites or less likely 4 or 5g network in some remote places here due to distances.
    The most interesting part of the tractor besides it tech, power and comfort was it's expected to be out of data specifically due to the power source being diesel inside 10 years. My second thought was how far the tractors have changed in such a short time. With several new ones in the last few years each a huge improvement in several areas. It is a race with not just the fuel I think

    Smart devices and sensors can help farmers increase yields and increase efficiency, but require immense resources and data speeds. With more devices and data, it will be challenging even for some 4G networks to cope. 5G can overcome this, providing real-time, high-speed communications among these sensors and devices.


    Farming improvements also amazing with dry land farming/cropping now making much more with much less. Places which were marginal or nonviable are now very productive due to significant improvements and changes by our very bright and adaptive farmers.
    I've seen this over the last 30 years driving between Geelong and the Grampians or Geelong and Great Western where I've done a bit of work on the heritage at an old major winery.

    Done this hundreds of times at various times of the year.

    Have seen good rain years with crops, drought years with crops.

    The olde days of everyone burning the stubble are gawnnnn. The last 3 years people were growing unbelievable crops of wheat where I'd never seen it before. There were other things planted (assuming lupins) that I couldn't even identify.

    Still a fair bit of canola, but no improvement from the GM introduction.

    There are a lot of things going on all at once as a result of years of research.......

    Cereal crops are planted with gps tech, then the next year are replanted (seed and fert) with same or other cereal within 2cm of the water reservoir root bulb from the previous year.

    The plant breeds have been improved over decades to need less water, are more resistant to pests, etc, even without direct GM.

    Has amazed me, DL

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