Haenam-gun's 'GPS-Based Automatic Straight Steering Device' Receives High Farmer Approval

Improving Farm Management through the Dissemination of Rice Production Cost Reduction Technologies

Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Myung Hyun-kwan) is actively promoting technologies to reduce rice production costs for farmers who are struggling due to decreased rice consumption and falling prices.

According to the county on the 13th, this year, two new projects will be launched under the rice production cost reduction technology dissemination initiative: the "Rice Seed Sowing Labor-saving Work Demonstration Project" and the "Labor-saving Modular Straight Automatic Steering Device Technology Demonstration Project."

Modular Straight-Driving Automatic Steering Device for Labor-Saving in Farming Operations [Photo provided by Haenam-gun]

The Rice Seed Sowing Labor-saving Work Demonstration Project distributes an automated machine called an integrated automatic seeder that automates the entire rice seed sowing process, from filling the seedbed soil to sowing the rice seeds.

Using the automated machine, the entire pre-sowing process, which normally requires 8 to 9 workers and 7 to 8 hours of labor, can reduce labor by 30% and working time by 50%.

The Labor-saving Modular Straight Automatic Steering Device Demonstration Project equips tractors, rice transplanters, and other machinery with GPS-based straight automatic steering devices that enable automatic straight driving.

In particular, it can be easily installed on existing agricultural machinery, helping reduce costs, enabling precise work, and reducing labor fatigue, resulting in very high satisfaction among farmers.

A county official stated, "We will analyze the results of this project and expand it, while continuously discovering and disseminating rice production cost reduction technologies to help improve farm management."

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