date:May 27, 2013
ciency, including satellite positioning software to allow farmers to map out land and soil to determine optimal inputs.
Using such technology to optimise the use of fertiliser can boost profitability at grain farms by 14 percent, according to a study by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation.
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A robot effortlessly plucking fruit is some way off, though a range of simpler tasks are within reach to add to existing technology such as automatic st