GPS-equipped farm tractors are another growing business for spacial analytics, he added.

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Think of all the farm jobs lost to tractors and other farm equipment, and all the factory jobs lost to labor-saving technology, equipment, and computers.

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As an agriculture senior, Matsu-ura is studying advanced farm methods - controlling tractors via satellite, for instance.

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From apps to check the ingredients in a box of cereal to on-farm GPS units in tractors, it appears that someone has already thought of every way to use technology to improve the food system, and created a startup to do it.

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The Lithuanians are especially in need of fuel for tractors and other mechanized farm equipment needed for the crucial spring planting.

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In return for Nicaraguan agricultural goods, Iran is to help fund a farm equipment factory, 4, 000 tractors, five milk-processing plants, a health clinic, 10, 000 houses and a deep-water port.

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Companies that service the agriculture sector are also thriving in the rebound, none more than Millat Tractors of Lahore, which also manufactures other farm gear.

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