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Autonomous tractors are totally a thing. They will only get better with time and development, but they can't replace pesticides yet.

• robbiep 9y ago
  You're conflating pesticides and herbicides
  • grzm 9y ago
    I understand the distinction you're making. My understanding has been that pesticide is a term that includes both insecticides and herbicides. > Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests or weeds. The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticide, insect growth regulator, nematicide, termiticide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, predacide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide, disinfectant (antimicrobial), and sanitizer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide
    • robbiep 9y ago
      My bad. As the child of farmers it's never been used this way where I'm from
      • grzm 9y ago
        No harm, no foul! Growing up in a farming community myself was one of the reasons I spoke up, and I'm sure there's variation in how these terms are used. I definitely knew what you were getting at. Language is pretty interesting!