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Stephanie Schomer, Farm Fresh. Fast Company, September 2010.
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/148

My comment: Please go to the column "Fast Talk" in the right side of this web page, which contains six articles.

(1) Staci Palmer Helps Farmers Operate Tractors Remotely/ Intel

Note: The phrase "When harvesting vehicles are operated manually" means a person sits on and drives, as opposed to remotely controlling, the vehicles.

(2) Jared Hayes Brings Mechanical Precision to Farming:/ John Deere

Note:
(a) implement (n): "a device used in the performance of a task : TOOL, UTENSIL"  www.m-w.com
(b) Tosh.0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosh.0
(an American television series hosted by comedian Daniel Tosh; premiered on Comedy Central on June 4, 2009)

(3) Derek Morikawa's Robots Pick Oranges From Trees (Really) / Vision Robotics

Note:
(a) The last name MORIKAWA can be 森河, 盛川, 森川.
(b) The "sheers" in "hydraulic sheers" is misspelled. It should be "shears."
(c) Edward Scissorhands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Scissorhands

(4) How Frederik Jung-Rothenhaumlusler Detects Fertile Land from Above / RapidEye (Germany)

(5) Larkin Martin Uses GPS to Cut Farming Costs / Cotton Board

Note: Cotton Board; The oversight and administrative arm of the Cotton Research & Promotion Program
http://www.cottonboard.org/

(6) How Joe Russo Modernized Agricultural Water Management / ZedX

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