GPS Farming

&nbsp GPS Farming refers to the modern agricultural technique used by agricultural corporationg involved in farming in the middle portion of North America, the Eurasian steppes from the old nation of Poland to the Urals, and the South American altiplano.

The critical aspect of GPS Farming is the complete automation of the planters and harvesters during crop season, so that the machines are all controlled by optimization programming from a central processing location with instructions transmitted via satellite (Q-Net communication is unnecessarily expensive since speed is not an issue for the farm machines).

In North America, out of an estimated population of 435 million, roughly 2.5 million people are involved in agricultural production. This is 0.6% of the population, less than one-quarter of the percentage involved even just a century ago though productivity levels remain lower than those achieved in the 21st century due to the consequences after The Collapse as well as global climate instability.

Planters, harvesters, and combines have been converted to electrical batteries augmented by solar chargers.