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2014-06-17 15:37:49 TO GO WITH AFP STOY by Rob LEVER, US-farm-IT-Internet-environment Dale Blessing controls his combine harvester while harvesting barley on June 17, 2014 in Milford, Delaware. "Precision agriculture" uses high-tech tools to replace seat-of-the-pants farming. GPS auto-steered tractors cut down or eliminate overplowing and overlap that wastes fuel and time. Other technologies can sense just how much water is needed in a field to cut irrigation costs. At Little Bohemia Creek, the tractor's sensors gauge the health of various segments of a field to deliver fertilizer and other chemicals more efficiently, which has an environmental benefit. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP PHOTO / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI

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