One Man to a Thousand Acres

[PSQ]

Thats a fine looking piece of machinery, perfectly designed for 'young farmers' to rodeo / surf on, on their way home from the pub!
- I just hope Fendt make the internal electrics water proof, as the wee buggers wont be able to resist peeing in the hopper lid...

 

[Drillman]

one thing has occurred to me:-

There are a few members on here who can’t wait to replace everything with robots. The same members (well one in particular) have stated that there staff are members on here as well.

Let’s all hope for your sakes that those loyal employees don’t read this thread or you lads could have a revolt on your hands

Half of Staffordshire could be a wasteland for the next 10-20 years till these robots become comercially available

 

[bluebell]

you need numbers of people in an industry to have any influence in poltical desicions, thats why the french farmers have so much influence excuse the spelling,

 

[ajd132]

This thread has really irritated me. Agriculture needs to be treated like a professional business, not a romanticised hobby that is considered a god given right.

 

[Clive]

one thing has occurred to me:-

There are a few members on here who can’t wait to replace everything with robots. The same members (well one in particular) have stated that there staff are members on here as well.

Let’s all hope for your sakes that those loyal employees don’t read this thread or you lads could have a revolt on your hands

Half of Staffordshire could be a wasteland for the next 10-20 years till these robots become comercially available

I don’t see robots replacing my guys I think they will become operators of these things, they are quite excited by this kind of tech when we have talked about it

 

[ajd132]

I don’t see robots replacing my guys I think they will become operators of these things, they are quite excited by this kind of tech when we have talked about it

Yes, I've been saying this for years. We will have technicians keeping the swarm going from well stocked vans

 

[Hilly]

So for those with bigger brains than me (and more time to faff about),if every farm was 1000 acres with 1 man running it as a full time,how many farmers would there be in the UK?

I wondered that today myself, round here double !

 

[T Hectares]

This thread has really irritated me. Agriculture needs to be treated like a professional business, not a romanticised hobby that is considered a god given right.

Yep, I'd agree with this...

If the economics of mixed farming changed and grazing livestock returned, I would hope it would be in a more innovative manner than just looking back to a romanticized copy of a high fixed cost system from the past !!

I have worked on a 6000 acre business in the past which worked out at 1250 acre/man, we had livestock and muck on the farms by working with specialist livestock neighbours, the farms were all in HLS, I struggle to see how breaking up these units benefits everyone ??

 

[ollie989898]

Operators will soon be all for new technology when they realise they will be paid even more for doing less of the routine or boring work.

Cultivate 3000 acres remotely by sitting at a desk? Sounds like a grown-up version of farming simulator to me. Where do I sign?

 

[Drillman]

I don’t see robots replacing my guys I think they will become operators of these things, they are quite excited by this kind of tech when we have talked about it

Good recovery there

 

[ajd132]

Yep, I'd agree with this...

If the economics of mixed farming changed and grazing livestock returned, I would hope it would be in a more innovative manner than just looking back to a romanticized copy of a high fixed cost system from the past !!

I have worked on a 6000 acre business in the past which worked out at 1250 acre/man, we had livestock and muck on the farms by working with specialist livestock neighbours, the farms were all in HLS, I struggle to see how breaking up these units benefits everyone ??

Me and father do 3200ish acre with one other person from march until October and two chaps corn carting in August. This includes all the agronomy ourselves. I still go out all the time and enjoy myself which those who know me on here will vouch for.
However, long term this probably isn't sustainable however for the next 4-5 years whilst everything is very up in the air with Brexit etc it should work well with being very lean and efficient.

 

[Brisel]

Me and father do 3200ish acre with one other person from march until October and two chaps corn carting in August. This includes all the agronomy ourselves. I still go out all the time and enjoy myself which those who know me on here will vouch for.
However, long term this probably isn't sustainable however for the next 4-5 years whilst everything is very up in the air with Brexit etc it should work well with being very lean and efficient.

That's a big workload - as long as you're happy with the work/life balance then fair play to you

There's too much bias against bigger farm units amongst the TFF membership IMO. There's plenty of room for both big and small scale farm businesses.

 

[ajd132]

That's a big workload - as long as you're happy with the work/life balance then fair play to you

There's too much bias against bigger farm units amongst the TFF membership IMO. There's plenty of room for both big and small scale farm businesses.

We do have large 12m drill/combine/cultivator which makes a huge difference in fairness

 

[Clive]

We do have large 12m drill/combine/cultivator which makes a huge difference in fairness

And big fields to use them in

No way 1 man per 1600ac would be posible in our area with smaller fields etc

 

[Spud]

I don’t see robots replacing my guys I think they will become operators of these things, they are quite excited by this kind of tech when we have talked about it

So will they be happier filling little robots up with hundredweight bags of seed and prattting on with silly electronic problems than sat in a (little) 724's warm cab cruising up and down with a 750a? I doubt it somehow!!

 

[Clive]

So will they be happier filling little robots up with hundredweight bags of seed and prattting on with silly electronic problems than sat in a (little) 724's warm cab cruising up and down with a 750a? I doubt it somehow!!

I think the refilling and re charging will be very quickly automated, very simple tasks to automate

Operators will be setting up jobs and moving / maintaining them I think - mostly from a warm office

 

[Henarar]

I think the refilling and re charging will be very quickly automated, very simple tasks to automate

Operators will be setting up jobs and moving / maintaining them I think - mostly from a warm office

so it will turn farming in to an office job
well whoopee bloody do

 

[Clive]

so it will turn farming in to an office job
well whoopee bloody do

"farming" wont exist - the decisions will be made by computer models far more informed and consistent than any farmer can be

There will be land owners and big businesses (the robot manufacturers even maybe ?) that do work required using this new tech

we are a few years away from this year though but this will be a complete and dramatic step change for our industry

Im not saying any of this is a good thing BTW - I can just see where I think we are heading like it or not

 

[Henarar]

hopefully not before I retire

 

[Drillman]

So basically the aim is to robotise farming so we can all work bankers hours

Great then we can join the queues on a Saturday and Sunday with all the other numpties who like going shopping......



Hmm maybe I should take up golf in preparation