Issue 24 – Page 2 – Direct Driller

Robotics and perception in agriculture: smart farming getting smarter

Research, Tech Farmer / By Direct Driller

The National Robotarium has been set up to help bring to the field the UK’s inherent R&D expertise in robotics, Associate Professor Dr. Fernando Auat Cheein sets out its plans. Agricultural processes worldwide are experiencing fundamental changes motivated by different technology revolutions. Examples include the improvement of connectivity resources (such as 5G or 6G) and …

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What will appear at FIRA?

Machinery, Tech Farmer / By Direct Driller

FIRA is the global event for Agricultural Robots in Action, held from February 6-8, 2024 in Toulouse, France. Tech Farmer will be partnering with the event to bring you all the latest robotic content. If you have the merest interest in the latest innovations in advanced robots or yearn to see autonomous machines in operation, …

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Farmer Focus – Thomas Gent

Farmer Focus, Tech Farmer / By Thomas Gent

How I think I can achieve scalable no till organic farming Nov 2023 In my opinion the Holy Grail of farming is to find a way both to use no till drilling methods and achieve a conventional farm level of yield with no artificial inputs. One sunny summer evening, this was something I was discussing …

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From Hands-Free Hectare to aerial delivery

Research, Tech Farmer / By Jonathan Gill

10 years after starting a project that delivered a fully autonomously managed crop, Jonathan Gill looks forward to what the next ten years may bring. I have spent 20 years working with robotics in a professional capacity and have seen massive benefits with machines being programmed to perform the dull, dirty, dangerous tasks that we …

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Farmer Focus – Lower Pertwood Farm

Farmer Focus, Soil Health, Tech Farmer / By Wilfred Mole

Regen and Tech – Hand-in-Hand Written by Daniel Davies, Arable Division at Lower Pertwood Farm – Nov 2023 The concept of regenerative agriculture is continuing to gather momentum across the globe. To me, it is clear that technology is going to play a bigger part than ever in farming, as methods continue to change and …

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Catapult plans for UK agritech

Soil Health, Tech Farmer / By Tom Allen-Stevens

The Government has set out a strong desire for the UK to be an agri-tech powerhouse. Tech Farmer looks behind the ministerial announcements to what they may mean for on-farm R&D. By Tom Allen-Stevens UK Agriculture is set to get an Agri-Tech Catapult, following the announcement by the Government that three of the four Agri-Tech …

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Shedding light on LED grow lighting

Tech Farmer, Technology / By Dextra Lighting

In the first part in a series of five articles that are going to look into how modern LED lighting can be used to grow food, Alex Martin and Alessandro Oliveri from Dextra and Igrox Srl looks at some of the fundamentals. The question of how LED grow lighting helps horticultural, and potentially other crops, …

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Agronomist in Focus – Drilling down into fixed costs

Agronomist Focus, Tech Farmer / By Direct Driller

New Machinery Tool provides in depth fixed cost analysis Improving financial performance on combinable crops relies on a true and accurate understanding of fixed costs, says Will Foyle farm business consultant with Hutchinsons. “Whilst a focus on yield is still important, understanding and being able to control overheads or fixed costs, is key to financial …

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Farmer Focus – Simon Beddows

Farmer Focus, Tech Farmer / By Simon Beddows

Trials test the tech – December 2023 On-farm trials have always played a key role in exploring new tech, and helped Simon Beddows develop a new use for John Deere’s Harvest Lab. For the past30 years I have been a farm manager, firstly in Kent and latterly in South Oxfordshire. For 25 of those years, …

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Making Methane Practical

Machinery, Research, Tech Farmer / By Direct Driller

A new project is set to explore the concept of an energy-independent farm If you went to Agritechnica, you may have seen New Holland’s T7 Methane Power LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tractor as an industry first. The latest development in the brand’s Methane Power tractor offering. The tractor itself offers farmers unparalleled performance for an …

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Issue 24Dec 2023