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Compact Massey Ferguson utilises integrated GPS for work efficiencies

Typically associated with high-horsepower arable machinery, GPS guidance can bring productivity benefits to smaller farmers with specialist crops. Ìý

Toby Whatley
Head of Machinery and 51AVÊÓÆµTechnology
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Compact Massey Ferguson utilises integrated GPS for work efficiencies

Planting 3m-wide vegetable beds across 12ha meant the adoption of GPS was essential to increase work accuracy but justifying the investment on a small acreage took careful planning and a foresight into...

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