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Farm406 Vol 6 Iss 2

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47 farm406 e future of farming can be found in the fields in Montana. Farmers have been gambling on factors like weather and soil properties to gauge a good yield for centuries. Now, on some farms, machinery is outfied with GPS technology and maps of fields measuring the application of fertilizer or the yield of a harvest. Computers sit on harvest machines, collecting thousands of data points to paint a unique portrait of the land.

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