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Two of the biggest Agco dealers in the UK, Chandlers and Ross Farm Machinery, have merged their teams and main franchises. Chandlers operates from 13

IT HAS been six years since the team at the Hands Free research farm began their quest to prove that fully autonomous vehicles could be the future…

A BBC Countryfile special looking at the future of the UK harvest has screened, featuring the world's first farm to grow and harvest a crop without operators.

27% of farmers in the UK and Republic of Ireland have yet to be convinced that improved N management could help reduce farming’s impact on climate change.

Share this article Share this article OTTAWA, ON, May 20, 2021 /CNW/ - The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is pleased to announce that 7 Canadian firms have been approved to pursue collaborative projects with UK partners through the Canada-UK industrial research and development call for proposals delivered by the NRC and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The successful projects are focussed on improving productivity and sustainability in the agricultural industry, including crop, liv...

Engineer adapts Kubota tractors for driverless contracting >More in © Sabanto Plenty of manufacturers have had a stab at building a driverless tractor – Case-IH has one based on a Magnum, Kubota’s attempt is a quirky-looking tracked contraption and John Deere has a futuristic electric concept that develops more than 600hp. Some of these have been seen parading around the odd demo plot, but none are out doing proper work on real farm...

Hands Free Hectare makes progress on automated growing >More in © Jonathan Gill Researchers at Harper Adams University using automation to grow crops have said they are moving closer to a working commercial operation despite disruptions to the project caused by coronavirus. Field work on the Hands Free Farm at the university’s Shropshire campus ground to a halt during the first lockdown and ruined spring cropping plans, but the team h...