What is the future potential for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in farming? And where will it lead us in the next two to three years? Small Robot Co Co-founder, Sam Watson Jones explores the crucial role of AI in Agriculture, today.

The UK is in an incredible position to become a true leader of the 4th Agricultural Revolution. We have truly world class agricultural universities, great farms and farmers, highly productive land and a huge variety of crops. We are fantastic at innovation and ideas.

With COP26, all eyes turned to Glasgow. A huge opportunity to foster change with the custodians of 20% of the UK’s Greenhouse Gas emissions - but an opportunity missed for agriculture.

The tractor was a transformational piece of technology. It changed farming forever, and a similar transformation will happen in the wake of AI - both to what happens on farm and to what happens throughout the food supply chain.

Why on the ground scanning robots are the key to unlocking the multibillion carbon offset opportunity for farmers.

The 3rd Agricultural Revolution was defined by our desire to control the natural environment. The 4th Agricultural Revolution will be defined by our desire to understand and work with it. Farming robots as computer platforms will be right at the heart of that.

Get it wrong, and Brexit will ruin Britain’s farms and betray our farmers. Get it right, and we could save British farming and the countryside.

With the exit day looming, what actually am I, the Small Robot Company and our farmer partners going to have to do by January 1st and in 2021?

It is easy to be negative about farming in its current form, but maybe we should look to the future of farming and food production with a huge amount of optimism and excitement.

Two starkly contrasting views for the future of food and agriculture that are starting to emerge. One by the Netflix documentary, Kiss the Ground, and the other by the Rethink X report