An automated tractor is seen working on a field during a trial in Xinghua, Jiangsu province, China October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Hallie Gu/Files
XINGHUA, China: A brand new combine harvester buzzes up and down a field in eastern China without a driver on board, chopping golden rice stalks and offering a glimpse of what authorities say is the automated future of the nation's mammoth agricultural sector.
The bright green prototype was operating last autumn during a trial of driverless farm equipment as the government pushes firms to develop within seven years fully-automated machinery capable of planting, fertilising and harvesting each of China's staple crops – rice, wheat and corn.
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