Newton farmer uses smartphone 'app'
As agricultural technology advances further, don’t expect local farmers to be left in the dust.
In fact, one Newton farmer has combined the capabilities of his smartphone and his tractor’s built-in GPS to keep his fields in tip-top shape while monitoring everything from fertilizer cover to crop yield.
Rolland Schnell, a Newton-area farmer, relies on GPS mapping and variable rate application input data to guide his farming decisions.
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