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▶ 7:53 · Agriculture Technology · Fully autonomous corn farming targeted for 2030 with portable tech stack across equipment
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In Good Company with Nicolai Tangen

John Deere CEO: Autonomous Tractors and Farming's AI Era | Podcast | In Good Company

2026-09-02 · 2 company · 3 thematic
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john may

John May has spent nearly his entire career at John Deere, becoming CEO in 2019. He launched the 'Smart Industrial' strategy to transform the 190-year-old equipment maker into a technology company focused on autonomy, AI, and precision agriculture.

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