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by w00pla2 5758 days ago
> They have similar technology for farming, too.

This is called "Precision agriculture". Tractors and equipment enabled with this can throw the precise amount of fertilizer/seeds at specific points. Probably quite a hot topic in farming... Go to any farming show and you will see this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_agriculture