Countryfile tonight

primmiemoo · Oct 11, 2021

Still Farming said:
Automation of Combine and collecting tractor and trailer was very good ,until Mum turned round and said ,"more put on the dole"?

It looks as though there's a stalemate between those available to work, and those who actually come through to do the work, so small, automated machines can only be a good thing until the labour market matches up with what's needed?

Henarar · Oct 11, 2021

the machine for picking cherries was quite good
spose if folk would rather be on the dole than do that sort of thing then machines and robots will take the job

The Seeker · Oct 11, 2021

Yup more folk out if work once they get to robots for manual work what are we all going to do?

Wilksy · Oct 11, 2021

The Seeker said:
Yup more folk out if work once they get to robots for manual work what are we all going to do?

Train as robot builders!?

Henarar · Oct 11, 2021

The Seeker said:
Yup more folk out if work once they get to robots for manual work what are we all going to do?

no bugger seems to want to do it anyway

primmiemoo · Oct 11, 2021

Wilksy said:
Train as robot builders!?

Desigers, maybe? Robots can be programmed to build other robots.

Steevo · Oct 11, 2021

Was I the only one to think that a lot of this is research for the sake of research?

The producers and presenters seem to love new fancy innovative technology because it sounds positive, trendy and cutting edge, but someone somewhere has to buy the machines and make them pay.

I'd be quite excited about it if it might ever become financially viable, and if I knew it wasn't likely to get legislated out of the ball park by the clipboards in this country. Sadly any financial gains achieved will bypass the farmers.

Everyone seems to love agricultural technology.....and then blames the farmer for destroying the environment.

Still Farming · Oct 11, 2021

Henarar said:
no bugger seems to want to do it anyway

Would if HAD TOO Possibly!

Sonoftheheir · Oct 11, 2021

Won’t be long before lorries are driven by robots. Probably won’t help in the short term though!!

Henarar · Oct 11, 2021

Still Farming said:
Would if HAD TOO Possibly!

I don't mind manual work, tractor work can get to me these days but a lot just seem to want to sit about

Robt · Oct 11, 2021

I personally applaud Country file, Harper etc for trying to publish just how diverse and tech advanced modern Agriculture is. We are desperately short of new entrants and if making it exciting and more futuristic helps to encourage a few more to put ag on their horizon, whats the problem? We are already terribly short of technicians etc... Lets get behind and push for new blood.

neilo · Oct 11, 2021

Shughie McFee said:
ok apart from the wild oats

I did wonder whether Adam had a gravity separator in his swanky new grain store, so he could sieve them out back at base…

hally · Oct 11, 2021

Down at Harper on Saturday for an open day ( eldest is fancying the engineering course) and was very impressed by the place and especially the staff. We saw all the machines on countryfile and more, certainly it enthused our lad to head there after A levels.

Henarar · Oct 11, 2021

neilo said:
I did wonder whether Adam had a gravity separator in his swanky new grain store, so he could sieve them out back at base…

according to some on here he is rather keen to sow them

Wilksy · Oct 11, 2021

primmiemoo said:
Desigers, maybe? Robots can be programmed to build other robots.

Ahhh! Good point!

ajcc · Oct 11, 2021

Just wondered if the programme production/purpose has been reformed or is it just a flash in the pan? Not disproportionately saturated in wacky environmental propaganda.

Fruitbat · Oct 11, 2021

primmiemoo said:
Does anyone know what's actually in the nutrients for the intensive hydroponic systems that were shown? What are they derived from?

Fairly generic, N P K fertiliser with extra K, Ca etc in a separate tank. Known as A + B Tanks. Constantly recirculating, monitoring EC (electrical conductivity) pH, temperature etc for adjustment. Usually drop a bit of hydrogen peroxide in there too via a peristaltic pump to knock out some of the nasties.
Expensive, but economies of scale help, supposedly.

primmiemoo · Oct 11, 2021

Fruitbat said:
Fairly generic, N P K fertiliser with extra K, Ca etc in a separate tank. Known as A + B Tanks. Constantly recirculating, monitoring EC (electrical conductivity) pH, temperature etc for adjustment. Usually drop a bit of hydrogen peroxide in there too via a peristaltic pump to knock out some of the nasties.
Expensive, but economies of scale help, supposedly.

Thanks. So it's out of a bag and probably from a fossil fuel powered process. Sometimes it's necessary to check the bits of missing information.

Steevo · Oct 11, 2021

ajcc said:
Just wondered if the programme production/purpose has been reformed or is it just a flash in the pan? Not disproportionately saturated in wacky environmental propaganda.

It was their harvest special. Probably back to the same agenda again next week!

Fruitbat · Oct 11, 2021

primmiemoo said:
Thanks. So it's out of a bag and probably from a fossil fuel powered process. Sometimes it's necessary to check the bits of missing information.

Yes, but you use very little, normally apply to 5-10% excess, which is collected, tweaked and sent back round. Nutrient solution is applied from the top through a small sprayer nozzle, it trickles down for collection and so on. Depending on substrate (coir, rockwool, Leca) this could be a 30 sec burst every 3-5 mins in the summer.
Twitchy in a power cut.
Conventional strawberries fairly similar, except I ran 2/3 mins every couple of hours growing in peat (oops) an latterly coir.

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