Robots look to make their mark
With the roll-out this season of the first commercial autonomous services for arable farmers, 4AR assesses the value they’re likely to bring for early adopters of the technology.
Tine for a new approach?
Large machines are generally still required for most seeding and soil preparation. 4AR assesses the autonomous solutions and reveals a new concept which may revolutionise how seed is put to soil.
SlugBot Trials: The journey and next steps
Individual recognition of target species in a field and spot treatment by a robot, without chemicals, is a giant leap closer to becoming a commercial reality thanks to the SlugBot project. Olivia Cooper finds out more.
The clamour for carbon
New markets for natural capital look enticing, if not a little intimidating. 4AR explores the prospects and pitfalls for the on-farm innovator.
Have the robots arrived?
With a number of autonomous machines now appearing on farm, do they live up to the vision of a new mechanisation system for farming?
A problem shared
From policy to on-farm practice, collaboration is often the route through which agriculture makes a step change. 4AR explores what it could do for agri-tech.
Transition to quality
It’s 2025. UK Farming is halfway through it’s Agricultural Transition and it’s four years since COVID reset the global perspective. Tom Allen-Stevens visits Oxon-based MJ Hunt and Son to find out what’s changed.
Platforms of promise for per-plant farming
The interest in autonomous robots, gathering datasets on crops and the AI to process them, are pulling new players into farming and a whole host of new ideas.