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Just days away from our annual Thanksgiving food extravaganza; "This Week in Tech with Jeanne Destro” is focusing on the new technology America’s farmers are using to ensure we have plenty of food on the table. From cameras, drones, and autonomous tractors, to Artificial Intelligence and solar panels; farm operations are becoming increasingly more efficient and productive. As you’ll hear from our featured guest today, Professor Scott Shearerer, who is Chair of the Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, at The Ohio State University; all this is happening even in the face of global climate change-related challenges like drought out West, and heavier than usual rainfall here in Ohio. Listen now.