Facts

Food, fuel, and infrastructure are essential for the 8+ billion people on our planet.

Agriculture has the oldest workforce in the nation, with the
average farmer being 57 years old. Nearly 40% of all U.S.
farmland is owned by farmers who are 65 and older. FFA

Approximately 70% of construction companies struggle to find
enough workers. At the industry’s current trajectory of
stagnant productivity and slow or negative projected
workforce growth, construction output could fall short of
demand by $40 trillion cumulatively by 2040. ABCTN
McKinsey

Demand for US corn will grow steadily over the next decade
driven by its expanding role in ethanol production, livestock
feed, and consumer food products. ERS

40% of America’s 4 million miles of roadways in the U.S. are in
poor or mediocre condition. POLCO

Whether harvesting in narrow seasonal windows or
completing infrastructure projects on time and within budget,
workers face pressure to make their operations as efficient as
possible.

Approximately 30% of construction projects fail to meet their
scheduled deadlines. Maxx Builders

When corn is ready to be harvested, farmers have a small
window to get that crop out of the ground. The conditions,
time of day, and availability of the team don’t matter – crops
must be harvested in that moment.

Shifts in weather throughout a season and year can negatively
impact a farmer’s ability to produce food and a contractor’s
ability to maintain existing roads and plan future projects.

A robot called a combine accurately moves through rows of crops 5-12 feet tall and just 30-36 inches apart thanks to
stereo cameras, GNSS receivers, and satellite technology.

Predictive Ground Speed Automation technology anticipates what’s coming and automatically adjusts how fast the multi-ton machine moves to maintain the desired balance of throughput and grain quality.

Harvest Settings Automation continuously monitors
conditions like moisture levels and adjusts critical processing
parameters in real-time to increase grain quality and minimize
any losses.

Because a combine can fill up with harvested grain every 5
minutes, machine-to-machine communication is necessary to
transport goods to a cart pulled by a tractor completely
controlled by the combine.

With just 5 to 7 months of ideal paving conditions each year in
the northern half of the US and Canada, automation is
necessary to get work done safely, on time, and on budget.

A single paver can lay 2 to 4 miles of new road surface in an
8-10 hour day, moving at about 50 feet per minute.

GNSS positioning paired with Deere’s AutoTrac technology
automatically steers the paver along its guidance line. The
paver adjusts the width of the screed and the direction it’s
moving based on a digital model, eliminating manual operator adjustments.

Digital sensors monitor 5 key forces that are critical in
ensuring smooth pavement: the tractor’s pull, the screed’s
weight, material pressure, compaction force, and friction.

A thermal camera tracks asphalt temperature behind the screed, ensuring the material doesn’t cool by more than 50°F
before compaction, to reach optimal density.