This automation tech turns old tractors into self-driving farming machines
Show me a farmer, said Mike Burdick, vice president of Sabanto, an autonomous tractor startup in Itasca, Illinois, and I’ll show you someone who has a million things he or she just doesn’t have time to do in the course of their workday. He’ll also show you a farmer who wouldn’t mind having their tractor ghost-ride across their fields as they take care of the endless work of being a modern farmer. That’s one of the central observations that has driven the growth of Sabanto’s autonomous tech
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Published: 27 July 2026
Source: Fast Company Tech
Category: News
Topics: Jobs & economy
Retrieved: 28 July 2026
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