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December 25, 2014

Little Uruguay has big plans for smart agriculture
Montevideo (AFP) Dec 24, 2014
Uruguay, a country of 3.3 million inhabitants and four times as many cows, hopes to feed 50 million people thanks to drones, "smart" combines and other high-tech farming techniques. At a farm a two-hour drive outside the capital Montevideo, combines on auto pilot meticulously harvest every millimeter of field. The farmer inside the machine, instead of driving, follows its progress on a screen as it collects data on crop yields per square meter that he will analyze to improve next year's harvest. ... read more

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