Saving On Labor With Autonomy
Tim Hammerich
News Reporter
Technology is moving faster than ever, and some fear artificial intelligence and automation might be coming for their jobs. Craig Rupp, founder of Sabanto says that’s not the case, at least in farming. Autonomy replaces the lack of farm labor, giving farmers back their valuable time.
Rupp… “Again, the problem is just a lack of farmers, a lack of available labor. And the second thing is, you know, we're, we're going after the mundane. I've always said, I don't think autonomy is an all or nothing proposition. I have a hard time seeing a future where every last field operation or every last…. I mean, we're talking maybe 20, 30 years from now, but in the short term, I don't think you're going to see 100 percent autonomous. You know, people have talked about it, but I think these oracles, you know, are not taking into consideration time. The second thing, or the last point I want to make is, I think that a farmer, his worth Is a lot more than just driving a tractor, you know, actually being a steward of the land, you know, what to plant, how to plant, where to plant first and whatnot. I think there's quite a lot of, uh, talent he has other than sitting behind a tractor and driving that.”
Again that’s Craig Rupp of Sabanto.
