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Mission 12 of 16

Agricultural Technology & Innovation

📋 What it is

Modern farms use GPS tractors, drones, sensors and data to grow more food with less waste.

🗣️ Coach says

Farming has gone high-tech. GPS-guided tractors plant with centimetre precision, DRONES map crop health from above, soil SENSORS report exactly where water and nutrients are needed, and data software plans it all. This "precision agriculture" grows more food using less water, fuel and chemicals.

🧠 Memory hook

Precision agtech: GPS tractors + drones + sensors + data → more food, less waste (water/fuel/chemicals).

😂 Giggle

The farmer started a podcast about soil microbes.
It's called "Breaking Ground."

😲 Whoa!

Some modern tractors drive themselves using GPS accurate to a few centimetres — planting perfectly straight rows across huge fields with no one steering.

✅ Quick check: What is "precision agriculture"?

Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.

🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)

Imagine a drone spotting a dry patch in a field so a farmer waters only there — precision farming.

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🤸 Brain break: Scan-field: sweep a hand like a drone scanning crops for trouble spots.