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Farmers ‘crippled’ by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt

Published: April 22, 2023 | Print Friendly and PDF
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The satellite failure on Monday was a bolt from the blue for farmers in NSW and Victoria, who were busy taking advantage of optimal planting conditions for crops including wheat, canola, oats, barley and legumes.

A tractor pulling a seeder to plant the winter crop in Balliang, Victoria.

A tractor pulling a seeder to plant the winter crop in Balliang, Victoria. Credit: Bloomberg

“You couldn’t have picked a worse time for it,” said Justin Everitt, a grain grower in the Riverina who heads NSW Farmers’ grains committee.

“Over the past few years, all these challenges have been thrown at us, but this is just one we never thought would come up.”

Tractors that pull seed-planting machinery, as well as the massive combine harvesters that reap Australia’s vast grain crops, are high-tech beasts that can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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