Progress in Ag

Speaker1: Times certainly change, don't they? Let's let's go back in time to February 5th of 1979 on the Mall in Washington, D.C. That day was full of tractors and farmers. Speaker2: The reason we're in Washington today is to protest the low prices that we're experiencing in agriculture today. Speaker1: But let's fast forward now fast forward to just a few days ago where a lot of tractors and other farm machinery showed up But in this case, they were not here to protest, but rather. Speaker3: To really give a display that celebrates modern agriculture and how technology is really leading to a more sustainable food production system. Speaker1: The event was National Agriculture Day. One of the coordinators of this AG Day event you just heard there, Kurt Blades with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. He and others helped bring together people and equipment from some 30 companies and organizations with all sorts and sizes of of innovative, almost futuristic tractors and other cutting edge farm technology. Speaker3: Whether it is the latest and greatest in tractors or spraying technology that identifies the weeds and only sprays the weeds or the latest engines in tractors that are 20% more efficient than the previous generation. And then other interesting things like robotic milking that allows for a small farm to be more operationally efficient, but also be able to address some of the labor concerns that might exist today.