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Self-driving tractors to robots: Farmers turn to automation to address labour shortage

Man in tan shirt, jeans and baseball cap stands in field in front of grain combine with hands on hips

One-third of jobs in Canadian agriculture — about 100,000 — are expected to be automated in the next decade, according to new research from The Conference Board of Canada. Technology is now being used for everything from killing weeds and tracking crop heath to self-driving grain carts and tillage equipment.

from CBC | Technology News https://ift.tt/wtfWTJL