2023 Fall Farm Outlook Lincoln Daily News Oct 2023 Page 27 The newer, larger shop has heated floors and a capacity for up to 13 combines. Behind the main facility is a wash bay with two full-time employees washing, shining up, and doing paint touch-ups on every piece of equipment that comes in. New Holland AHW currently has twenty-three employees. AHW is embracing technology and is sharing that knowledge with the local farmers by way of new product demonstrations by taking new inventory to groups of farmers, demonstrating in their fields, and letting them run that machinery to harvest their own crops. This shows what the future may look like with machine performance, new technology, and cost and time savings. Just last year, three miles from the AHW facility in New Holland, John Deere demonstrated a driverless tractor. Approximately eight John Deere employees monitored this tractor via computers in the same field while sending information to analysts in California. With the difficulty of securing seasonal help, autonomous technology could make a difference on the farm. Technology is ever-changing, and one thing is certain, it is not going away. Autonomous vehicles are a thing of the future, even for the farmers of Logan County. Whether old or young, small farms or big farms, with red or green equipment the changes and advancements of technology need to be embraced, communicated, and taught, so as to not fall behind in this constantly changing concept. Continued --
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