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AgrAbility of Wisconsin's rural rehabilitation specialist, Jeff Kratochwill, helped to fabricate auto steer systems into a 1975 John Deere 4620 tractor and an older model Duetz tractor. The system consists of the receiver, monitor, a steering wheel compatible with the auto steer system, and wiring. Some machine shop work is needed to install the components. To save costs, a wiring harness installed in these tractors will allow the receiver and monitor to be switched between tractors. While the auto steer systems provide benefits related to efficiency, they can also help by reducing operator fatigue and helping overcome specific disabilities related to operating a tractor. It is often possible to retrofit an auto steer system into tractors where such a system is not commercially available due to the older model of the tractor.
“There is a shared responsibility for making sure our roadways remain safe,” said Bill Field, professor of agricultural and biological engineering.
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"U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue joined President Trump for a Farmers Roundtable at the White House."
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"Sales of popular hemp items like non-dairy milk, shelled seed, soaps and lotions have continued to increase, complemented by successful hemp cultivation pilot programs in several states, and increasing grassroots pressure to allow hemp to be grown domestically on a commercial scale once again for U.S. processors and manufacturers."
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"...agricultural educators know that savvy farmers are reluctant about risk and often want to see cover crops in action before making significant change. SARE’s Library of Cover Crop and Soil Health Images is now available to help educators show producers how cover crops can work on their farms."
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"Farmers can kill their cover crops & plant their cotton in the same pass"
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"USDA makes $8.85 million available in risk management education funding"
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"Switching to reduced tillage practices is a win-win situation for farmers because they save costs and in return larger earthworm populations help in soil structure maintenance and nutrient cycling.”
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"These proof-of-concept studies open the door to using multiple spinach leaves to grow layers of healthy heart muscle to treat heart attack patients."
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"Technology rapidly pasteurizes eggs, could reduce Salmonella illnesses"
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