Maximum Yield USA January 2017 | Page 54

e s Hugh by Cory EADY, TECH, GROW: Emerging Technology in Agriculture Life on the farm isn’t what it used to be. Where there used to be farm hands and back-breaking labor, today there is automation, artificial intelligence, and agbots. Cory Hughes explains how today’s technology has created a new kind of farm and a new kind of farmer. 52 Maximum Yield USA  |  January 2017