Precision Farming Dealer editors encounter a variety of articles, social media posts, podcasts and videos that offer a unique look at various aspects of our great agricultural industry. Here is our favorite content from the past week:

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Introducing the new Enviro-Max XP™ Cast Opener … Precisely put your growers’ seed in the soil with a heavy duty, American made cast opener assembly that will outlast their planter. The Enviro-Max XP™ new ductile iron bearing housing is cast and machined in the USA to eliminate minimize runout and failure while maximizing yields.

Future of Farming on Display at FIRA USA 2023

FIRA USA 2023 took place in Salinas, Calif., last week. Mackane Vogel checked in from the conference, where the latest autonomy and ag robotics innovations were on display. We had a chance to chat with Jose Marchetti. He is a regional manager for Ecorobotix. And we got a chance to check out a demo of the ARA — this is a really innovative weeding system. We’ll let you take a look. Here is Jose to tell you a little bit more about it.

How AgTech Could Help Save the World

This article from Information Week details how precision agriculture technologies allow farmers to incrementally improve yields, resulting in large net gains.

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Sentera Launches New Precision Weed Technology

Aerial WeedScout is the first turnkey, selective herbicide application solution that delivers the performance, affordability, and ease-of-use necessary to achieve broad adoption. Advanced high-resolution imaging and deep learning technologies allow users to detect weeds sooner with higher accuracy compared to competing technologies.

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AI Weed-Killing Drones Are Coming for the Mega Farms

For the past three years, Terry Aberhart has watched the spindly, fixed-wing drones zip across the big skies over his farm in Canada’s Saskatchewan province, testing a technology that could be the future of weeding, reports Transport Topics. Fitted with an artificial intelligence system, the drones are designed by local startup Precision AI to spot, identify and kill the weeds without drenching the entire crop in chemicals.

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Ride-and-Drive: Raven Cart Automation in Action

Raven showcased the 3rd level of autonomy — operator assisted autonomy — with Raven Cart Automation, which is now available for pre-orders. The company says the technology is designed to reduce operator stress by 22% for tractor operators and 33% for combine operators, allowing harvest operations to be more efficient. We hopped in the cab for a ride-a-long with autonomy specialist Adam Lowe.

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Introducing the new Enviro-Max XP™️ Cast Opener … Precisely put your growers’ seed in the soil with a heavy duty, American made cast opener assembly that will outlast their planter. The Enviro-Max XP™️ new ductile iron bearing housing is cast and machined in the USA to eliminate minimize runout and failure while maximizing yields.

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