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Agriculture & Food · Recorded milestone

GPS precision farming

Recorded year2000

Satellite guidance and yield maps steer tractors and fertiliser to the centimetre.

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Built on

Mass-produced tractorRecorded · 1917enables
Self-propelled combine harvesterRecorded · 1937enables
Center-pivot irrigationRecorded · 1952enables
Geographic information systemsRecorded · 1968enables
GPSRecorded · 1995enables

Led to

Fully robotic farmsRecorded · 2017enables
Autonomous farm robotsRecorded · 2022enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.