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Researchers think e-tractors could be ideal for smallholder farmers who are looking to be more sustainable.

By MICHAEL PHILLIS, MELINA WALLING and JOSHUA A. BICKEL
Associated Press

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Monarch Tractor offers machines that are fully electric powered and autonomous.

EAST LANSING, Mich. — In the soft dirt of an indoor horseback riding ring last month, a group of farmers got ready to test drive a new piece of equipment: an electric tractor.

 
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