Arable automation has really arrived with the introduction of a tractor that can handle 24-foot cultivation tools with no one in the cab. The catch: a manned tractor has to work alongside
by NORMAN DUNN
For years now, we’ve been promised large-scale automatic systems for cultivation. There have been plenty of smaller field robots – for soil testing, for instance. In fact, innovative self-driving machines are introduced almost every year now that satellite navigation is here to stay. But a full-blooded system of 500-h.p. or more hasn’t managed to hit the headlines.
Now, it’s with us. A tractor that can handle big, 24-foot cultivation tools with no one in the cab. What a time saver! What a boost to work capacity out on the fields!