QC Farm Show showcases drones, high-tech tools

By: Dave Thompson|January 16, 2023

|4 min read

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. The show, which has free admission and parking, will be Sunday through Tuesday, Jan 18-20, at the QCCA Expo Center, 2621 4th Ave. The Farm Show hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. 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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