SSMG-46 (V.I. Adamchuk, T.S. Stombaugh, and R.R. Price)

GNSS-Based Auto-Guidance in Agriculture

Summary:

Auto-guidance, also called auto-steer, of tractors and self-propelled agricultural machines that is based on a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) represents one currently available technology that can provide significant benefits for crop production in diverse growing environments. Once producers use auto-guidance equipment, they seldom want to return to conventional practices. Newer, improved versions of auto-guidance products provide better operation functionality, which prevents the frustration and fears that early adopters experienced. There is an on-going effort to define and quantify performance of auto-guidance systems so that users of this technology could better select the most suitable option for a given farm operation.

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