The Tractor Robots Have Arrived

Field Work

Documentary, Society & Culture

5 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Is it Zach’s birthday? You might think so. Because on this episode of Field Work, Joe Liefer of John Deere joins Zach and Mitchell to talk about green tractors, a thing Zach loves. Liefer is an engineer at John Deere who has been working on the company’s autonomous 8R tractor, which doesn’t require a human behind the steering wheel. Instead, it has six pairs of stereo cameras so it doesn’t bump into stuff like, you know, fence posts.

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0:00.0	The mics are hot, Mitchell.
0:02.0	They are super hot.
0:03.5	Mine is nearly on fire this morning.
0:05.9	Nearly on fire, then you know it's going to be a good show, right?
0:08.7	It's going to be good.
0:13.5	It's going to be interesting.
0:14.8	It's a nice Monday morning and we're here with fieldwork.
0:18.5	So let's do it.
0:19.5	We are here.
0:20.5	Hey, everybody, as Mitchell said, this is the Fieldwork podcast.
0:23.7	We like to say that this is a podcast by farmers, for farmers.
0:28.3	I am Zach Johnson.
0:29.4	I farm in West Central Minnesota.
0:31.9	My name is Mitchell Hora.
0:33.0	I'm an Iowa farmer.
0:34.6	And of course, we have to say thank you to the Walton Family Foundation for all of their support
0:38.4	this season.
0:39.5	Well, Zach, you know, you and I work in different states, but we do have a couple things in
0:43.3	common.
0:44.0	A couple things in common, of course, but like what?
0:46.9	You got something in mind?
0:47.9	We both farm corn and soybeans.
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