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QC Farm Show showcases drones, high-tech tools

By: Dave Thompson|January 16, 2023
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    • Nathan Wilheim, left, a manager with Case IH, shows a computer arm rest control for a tractor to potential customers on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023, at the Quad Cities Farm and Equipment Show at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island. CREDIT DAVE THOMPSON

    “In order to keep up in the field, you’ve got to keep up with technology.”

    That’s the word from Chase Gripp of Sweetwater Drone Services / Gripp Custom Farming of Sheffield, Illinois, as he showed the benefits of using drones to help farmers with agriculture jobs.

    Mr. Gripp was being kept busy Sunday morning,…

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