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This fall, John Deere will be rolling out farm equipment that can plow a field while the farmer is miles away.

Driverless vehicles are headed to the farm. John Deere will release a new line of tractors in the fall that can plow without anyone behind the wheel, which could help solve chronic labor shortages.

John Deere plans to operate autonomous tractors on 10 to 50 farms by this fall before significantly increasing the number in following years.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner.

John Deeres new 14-ton tractors will introduce the age of autonomous farming.

John Deeres new 14-ton tractors will introduce the age of autonomous farming.

Beginning this fall, green 14-ton tractors that can plow day or night with no one sitting in the cab, or even watching nearby, will come off the John Deere factory assembly line.

Beginning this fall, green 14-ton tractors that can plow day or night with no one sitting in the cab, or even watching nearby, will come off the John Deere factory assembly line in Waterloo, Iowa, harkening the age of autonomous farming.

For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner

For years Americans have been told autonomous technology was improving and that driverless vehicles were just around the corner. Finally they’re here, but to catch a glimpse of them, you’ll need to go to a farm. Beginning this fall, tractors that can plow day or night with no one sitting in the cab will come off the John Deere factory assembly line in Waterloo, Iowa. The development follows more than a decade-long effort by the world’s largest farm equipment manufacturer, and marks a miles...