[Video] Predicting the Future of Autonomous Machinery

Newly commissioned research from Ag Equipment Intelligence examines the 10-year potential for autonomous farm machinery. In this classroom, you’ll get an exclusive, first look at the data detailing the applications farmers believe have the most potential for automation, dealers’ anticipated capital requirements and market penetration for autonomous machinery, the obstacles and more. 

Kim Schmidt is the executive editor of Precision Farming Dealer. In this classroom, she presents data from primary research of farmers and dealers and moderates a broader discussion with the classroom panelists.

Chuck Baresich is the founder and president of Haggerty AgRobotics in Ontario, Canada, a company that helps farmers implement agrobotics in their operations. A farmer himself, Baresich has been researching and testing numerous automation technologies on the Haggerty Creek farming operation, including Raven, Naïo’s autonomous weeding and carrier robots, and the Korechi RoamIO farm chore robot. He’s also the co-founder of a service business delivering grain and crop input needs, including a full range of precision ag solutions. 

Lanty “Spud” Armstrong is the precision farming manager at Ag Technologies in Rochester, Ind., an independent precision dealership located 150 feet from its equipment dealership partner, New Holland Rochester. Armstrong is no stranger to adapting to new business models and brings the unique perspective of operating a standalone precision business with deep roots in a major-line equipment dealership.