Outback Tractor GPS Guidance Unit
notes: label: Description
content: Early adopters of GPS technology, Roy Bardole and his sons purchased this tractor guidance device in 2004 for their corn and soybean operation in Rippey, Iowa. The GPS device controlled tractor steering so that they could keep their rows straighter which is important in a no-till operation. Additionally, the amount of seed, fertilizer, and chemicals applied could be controlled by the unit so that over spraying and over seeding was reduced. At harvest time the GPS unit correlated and recorded harvest amounts for specific locations. Creating highly accurate crop-yield maps, Roy Bardole had hard data to better understand how his fields worked, get an edge on nature, and allow him to improve his farming practice.
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content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Agriculture
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Roy Bardole
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2012.0166.01
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content: 2012.0166.01
label: accession number
content: 2012.0166
label: serial number
content: 856084
objectType: label: Object Name
content: gps guidance unit
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 21.59 cm x 3.81 cm