High Tech Farming?

These days you will find computers everywhere... Sometimes they are just a chip, sometimes a complex system. The first day we had a new tractor the reverse gear stopped working. It turns out that it was a computer problem not a mechanical problem.

As we begin harvest, out optical sorter is not working. It appears to be a circuit board that is failing intermittently that is causing the problem. We had a technician from the Oregon manufacturer here for the week, but the parts were held at customs. Just after the technician left, the package cleared customs and I drove to Hamilton International Airport to pick up the parcel at the UPS terminal.

Now it is up to me to swap out parts and try to get it working. Some computer experience and good advise from the technician will help. So here I am, head in the sorter, pullin out a PCI card...



Hmmm... there is always something new down on the farm.