Aerial shot of a Sabanto Autonomy System seed drilling wheat at Yirsa Farms. Source: Sabanto
Introduction
Farming has always been a balance of scale, efficiency, and cost, and for decades, “bigger” has often meant “better.” But Yirsa Farms set out to test whether autonomy could shift that equation.
Proving Performance
By season’s end, Yirsa Farms had completed more than a field trial. They proved that autonomy can outperform big iron in cost and efficiency. Using a single Sabanto Autonomy System, the system logged over 872 acres, 113.5 hours, used 0.46 gal/acre of diesel, and placed seed and fertilizer with precision across Montana’s varied terrain.
The Real Win
For comparison, according to Nebraska Tractor Test Lab data, a traditional setup like a Case IH Steiger 715 and a Bourgault 3725 QDA would typically burn 1.2 gal/acre—more than twice the fuel. But the bigger story is capital efficiency.
COST COMPARISON PER ACRE (10,000 ACRES)
ASABE Methodology
Source: Sabanto
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