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Max Armstrong shares news of an upcoming conference that will dig into safety and management issues for autonomous equipment.

October 27, 2022

Max Armstrong reports on the rising use of autonomous equipment and an upcoming conference focused on the safety and regulation of this futuristic equipment. The two-day conference will be held at the University of Illinois and engage a range of industry professionals. Max shares insight from one organizer, John Shutske, University of Wisconsin farm safety specialist, who shares that the technologies could create more safety on the farm, but rapid advancement of the tech could create risks.

Max Armstrong's Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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