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some pretty generous grants about, all seemingly based on reducing out put. we know from sheep and cattle prices, numbers are short, if they were not, prices wouldn't be where they are. the world is getting more dangerous by the day. And yet, politicians here, from all parties, think we can...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Being left behind is a frustrating situation to be in, and while many countries have adopted crop spraying with drones the UK and the EU are yet to take this leap. CPM speaks to two firms that are advocating for the adoption of this...

AMAZONE Ltd will again take the opportunity at Cereals 2024 to showcase kit that reflects the shifting trends in crop establishment. These shifting trends are also supported by government help through the SFI and grants available through the Farming Equipment Technology Fund. The Condor 12001-C...

Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Marks & Spencer (M&S) UK has announced that it aims to achieve its Net Zero by 2040 goals, funded through its Plan A Accelerator Fund. M&S aims to remove 11,000t of greenhouse emissions and to cut carbon by 8.4%. This includes a £1 million investment in...

Written by Brad Kish from Precision Ag For a robot to be truly autonomous, it must find solutions to three three basic questions. The post Autonomous Robots: Answering Three Basic Questions appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. Continue reading on the Precision Ag Website...

Written by Eva Osborne-Sherlock from Agriland M&S has announced a £1 million investment into a change to the diet of the pasture-grazed cows in its milk pool to reduce the amount of methane produced in a cow’s stomach and released into the atmosphere. This initiative will be implemented by...

Above is a direct quote of the new mammals tv program on BBC One. David Attenbourgh. I know it’s BBC and probably not his thoughts directly…. But not backed up with any statistics or sources. And don’t people want to eat? im a mixed farmer and I know where more water is needed, its not my...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland The joint venture between Lemken and Krone to produce an autonomous tractor will be stepping up a gear this season with the companies appearing to have now thrown their full weight behind the project. Known as Combined Powers, the new joint division...

Written by Matt Hopkins from Precision Ag The new Solix Sprayer robot from Solinftec provides autonomous and sustainable spot-spray applications on grower’s fields. The post Solix Sprayer Robot Is Now Commercially Available for Farmers, Retailers appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative...

Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF Smart technology in agriculture is progressing at a rate of knots with new innovations promising to optimise workflow, streamline processes and utilise every ounce of data available. CPM digs into some of these unfolding technologies. By...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland John Deere has just launched its new S7 Combine in Houston, Texas, a machine which the company claims is designed to deliver increased efficiency with the latest John Deere engines and higher productivity through advanced harvesting automation. The S7...

So who will be the 1st in the UK to buy one of these? 830hp (boosting to 913hp) and a ballasted weight of 38 tonnes. There'll be some here in Lincs no doubt. I suspect the bigger announcement by Deere yesterday though was the autonomous tractor capability being built into many of their new...

Not a happy story at bottom, a woman lost her son with three other boys and is now campaigning for graduated driving licences. Of course one can understand her anguish, and some changes do seem reasonable, but... Among other things, the idea of not being able to carry passengers until 25 years...

one of these .. replace something like this?

Come on you farm engineers if you were to build one from scratch what features would be an absolute must. Would you choose discs or more of a knife like coulter? How would you go about designing a drill which would cope with a mixture of cropping from Cereal,rotational grass ,into cover crops...

Written by Justin Roberts from Agriland In Ireland, there is the idea that field robots are something that will arrive one day a long time from now, but that day has already arrived – with the Agxeed 5.115T2 being displayed at the recent Kellys of Borris celebration event. News of this...

Over the years staffing requirements have seemingly reduced as mechanisation has taken the toil out of many aspects of farming. However there is always a need for good mix of staff on all types of units as existing labour changes due to age, health and choices. At present I could look on my own...

Hi, I am a student from the University of Glasgow, who is developing a drone for agricultural use alongside a team of fellow students. Our drone is called the CropCopter and employs AI to plant, fertilise and harvest crops with complete autonomy as well as many other features. We would greatly...

Anyone already using this on a commercial scale for selective weed control in cereals?

Anyone know who is behind this on twitter? Thryve picked up 25k followers in a few days and are saying they are planning some sort of campaign?