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To: Drew68
"..TV scanners monitor tractors and other equipment computer programmed to plow, harrow and harvest. Wires imbedded in the ground send control signals to the machines. Computers also keep track of yields-, fertilization, soil composition and other factors influencing crops. At the beginning of each year, a print-out tells the farmer what to plant where, how much to fertilize and how much yield he can expect..."

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12 posted on 03/26/2008 7:20:21 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

It left out the part about Dept of Ag paying farmers for not growing crops


15 posted on 03/26/2008 7:23:35 PM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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