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SUPER TRACTORS
From the greatest in size and speed to the latest autonomous tech, could these tractors change the way we farm?
WORDS AILSA HARVEY
GPS tracking is used to locate autonomous tractors
Methods used in farming are constantly changing. In the 1950s, for example, the increased use of pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers drastically improved crop yield, becoming known as the Green Revolution. But arguably the biggest 20th-century agricultural development was the arrival of the tractor. These vehicles replaced the animal power we previously relied on. Machinery excelled in fields; tractors could carry more across longer distances for longer periods of time, and even turn the soil. Farmers no longer needed to use large swathes of their land to grow food for the working animals.