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.

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.

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.

New markets for natural capital look enticing, if not a little intimidating. 4AR explores the prospects and pitfalls for the on-farm innovator.

With a number of autonomous machines now appearing on farm, do they live up to the vision of a new mechanisation system for farming?

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.

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.

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.