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The Case for Tractor Farming

ATTRA

With these crops in mind, my farming partner and I have started the journey to transition part of our land to tractor farming. However, mechanization and technology like tractors offer women the chance to broaden their opportunities in agriculture. I once even moved a walk-behind tractor with a riding tractor.

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AI and Agriculture: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Farming and Finance

Trimble Agriculture

How AI in Agriculture Has Already Changed Us Even before self-driving cars hit the consumer market, farmers were plowing fields with GPS-guided tractors. In the mid-1990s, John Deere began using GPS technology for precision agriculture, combining GPS location data with sensor readings to determine crop yield.

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Why Agribusinesses Need to Market and Sell Smarter using Ag-Specific Data

Tillable

Why Agribusinesses Need to Market and Sell Smarter using Ag-Specific Data Agriculture has long embraced data-driven tools to optimize crop yields, manage resources, and enhance farm efficiency. This disconnect can lead to missed opportunities, inefficient marketing spends, and, ultimately, lower sales.

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How to Better Understand and Manage Farm Losses

Farmbrite

If your tractor breakdown, it will affect your ability to harvest and increase production costs. Financial losses Financial losses occur when your borrow money to finance farming. And financing the production depends on the ability to borrow money. Additionally, the production equipment is a source of losses.

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The Impact of Farm Coops: Navigating Tariffs

Farmbrite

Farming coops can look into partnerships with beneficial businesses for things like tractors, cattle management software , crop management software , and other helpful partnerships. Credit unions provide financial services tailored to the agricultural sector, helping farmers secure loans and manage their finances more effectively.

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Why Farmers Use Harmful Insecticides They May Not Need

Civil Eats

After five years and a 95 percent drop in the use of neonic-coated seeds, there have been no reported impacts on crop yields. With a degree in finance, he was particularly interested in opportunities to cut costs on the farm, and he was intrigued by a PFI farmer who conducted his own field trials on neonics. According to U.S.

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