cultivator

In one row, growers used a joystick to operate a Lego-like, $25,000 modular robot on wheels that can be coded for use as a cultivator, a seeder, a data collector, or whatever else is needed on the field, according its creator, a group called Farm-NG.

Next to it, a smart cultivator from Stout Industrial displayed its use of AI vision and mechanical blades to remove weeds from around the crops.

“Now we’re a year later and there are 26 open dispensaries and only one more producer, grower, cultivator,” Zachs said.

Techniques for conserving water include rolling a cultivator tool over the ground to create a “dust mulch” layer that holds moisture in the soil.

Colombia is the top coca cultivator in the world, producing 60% of the world's cocaine, followed by Peru and Bolivia.