Written by Chris Fellows based on information from AgroIntelli After six years of intensive work, the new generation of Robotti, the autonomous implement carrier, celebrated its world premiere at Agritechnica last year amongst as lot of other robot technology. Built by Denmark’s AgroIntelli, it’s among the first autonomous implement carriers of its kind on the …
Written by Malene Conlong from the German Agricultural Society (DLG) The DLG Digital robot webinar explored mechanical weeding as alternative to herbicide: Field requirements, monitoring, wear parts, solar power and remote service. As farmers around the world face challenges in the use of herbicides in crop production, autonomous robot, capable of mechanical weeding on the …
Field Robots Meet Farmers’ Mechanical Weeding Needs During The Corona Pandemic Read More »
By Richard Harding, ProCam – all views are my own It was very refreshing to read Adam Driver’s Farmer Focus article in issue 10 of Direct Driller. In this update, Adam echoed many of the thoughts I’ve held since I began my agricultural studies. It seemed then, as it does now, that our constant desire …
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Written by John Dobberstein from No-Till Farmer USA and originally published in July 2018 From interseeding to relay cropping to ‘engineering by inventory,’ Loran Steinlage is building a profitable, divergent no-till operation Several years ago, a trip with friends to look at greenhouses led Loran Steinlage to a Mennonite farm. It was there that he …
We had a busy start to 2020 with members visiting Agrovista’s Project Lamport site on a cold and windy day in early February where Niall Atkinson and David Purdy talked about the results so far on soil management, soil structure and biology of the trials. Philip Wright added more detail on cultivations. They also visited …
STRIP TILLAGE BEST PRACTICE At Mzuri, we champion sustainable establishment, and we believe strip tillage answers the questions that many growers are now asking to improve their yields, promote healthier soils and reduce operational costs. We pride ourselves on supporting our customers and so we’ve shared our top ‘Best Practice’ tips that help growers get …
The Soil Farmer of the Year competition has been running now for the last five years and aims to find, promote andchampion those farmers who are putting soil health at the centre of their farm business management. This year thecompetition has been slightly challenging to run due to the COVID pandemic and the inability to …
“This interview was originally published by Rodale Institute, and is part of a series of interviews to inform their newwhite paper, “Regenerative Agriculture and the Soil Carbon Solution,” published September 25th at RodaleInstitute.org/Climate2020.” A conversation with microbiologist David Johnson, PhD about the role of soil health in carbon sequestration. Rodale Institute’s updated climate change white …
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A healthy soil is vital to ensure both high yields and future high yields, as well as environmental protection – there are no negative consequences on the ecosystem from having a healthy soil! But what is a healthy soil? Soil health can be defined as a soil’s ability to function and sustain plants, animals and …
If you are like us, then you don’t know where to start when it comes to other reading apart from farming magazines.However, there is so much information out there that can help us understand our businesses, farm better andunderstand the position of non-farmers. We have listed a few more books you might find interesting, challenge …
