Musk’s SpaceX to Help Deere Connect Farmers to the Internet

A tractor and round baler at a John Deere dealership in Shelbyville, Kentucky.Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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The world’s largest tractor maker Deere & Co. is working with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to connect rural areas of the US and Brazil to internet satellites.

Tractors in the two countries can be outfitted with SpaceX’s Starlink terminal that connects to Deere’s operations center starting in the second half of this year as part of an “industry first” partnership, Deere said in a Tuesday statementBloomberg Terminal.