What'll save us from a food crisis? Self-driving tractors

ZDNet Innovation Weekly

December 14, 2018

How self-driving tractors, AI, and precision agriculture will save us from the impending food crisis

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Go inside the race to feed the 9 billion people who will inhabit planet earth in 2050. See how John Deere and others are working to change the equation before it's too late.

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