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Crop farming that requires no human input

Drilling completed autonomously at Hands-Free Hectare

A farm in the United Kingdom is the first in the world to successfully plant, tend and harvest a crop without a single person ever setting foot in the field.

From sowing the seeds to picking the grain, human workers were replaced with automated machines operated from a control room.

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