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Robots, research offer taste of farming’s future in Holland Marsh

10 September 2024

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University of Guelph professor Mary Ruth McDonald, centre, and research technicians Geoff Farintosh, left, and Kevin Vander Kooi stand among the carrots at the Ontario Crops Research Centre in the Holland Marsh

A handful of researchers keep a watchful eye as a pair of farm robots toil dutifully in local fields.

Based out of the Ontario Crops Research Centre — just south of the Holland River border between Bradford West Gwillimbury and the Township of King — University of Guelph professor and professional agrologist, Mary Ruth McDonald, along with her team are closing in on the end of the second of three growing seasons researching the capabilities of two self-driving robots that use geolocation to navigate fields, remembering where crops have been planted.

Full Article: bradfordtoday.ca

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