Hesketh Bank, Lancashire, UK. 27th April 2016. UK Weather: Farmers in the salad bowl of Lancashire are held back in the production of lettuce crops due to the continued cold weather which is restricting growth. The area is a large employer of foreign immigrant labourers & EU nationals who are restricted to shorter working hours which is having a knock on effect to the local economy. The farmers are continuing to plant under protective fleece by satellite navigation. Credit: Cernan Elias/Alamy Live News
Using satellite navigation systems during planting and seeding using a seeder/plantder with a tractor. Field machines are suitable for wide-row crops and narrow-row crops and and result in patterned fields from this method of Precision agriculture (PA) or satellite farming or site specific crop management (SSCM).
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