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The goal is to create a geospatial map that farmers can use to better track productivity and the performance of crops.
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"There's so much friction and getting that data from the field into the cloud, where they can do something useful with it, that it really isn't used very effectively at all." As to when satellites will become in use, Hindman said Deere is "right at the cusp" of solving the connectivity problem for farmers.
Currently, farmers can use the data collected by its See & Spray device to understand what part of the farm still needs to be fertilized. It is one of the technologies that will be showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday