Buildings
Buildings Focus: From beef to dairy with £1m investment
By Chris McCullough When converting beef housing to a brand new dairy unit, Robert Patton carried out a lot of...
Robots
Dairy Focus
Dairy Focus: Labour issues lead brothers to switch to Lely robots
For this week’s Dairy Focus, Agriland attend Ireland’s largest robotic grazing farm, which is based on Co. Meath and run by...
Sponsored
Native Tree Area Scheme: Making it easier to plant trees
If you’re a farmer looking to generate extra income, the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) is a great opportunity to...
N.Ireland
Code of practice developed for crop robots
A code of practice designed to support the safer use of tools which can help farmers operate more sustainably, address...
Agri-Business
The trouble with autonomy in agriculture
Much is being made of how autonomy is going to transform the way in the world operates and agriculture is...
Machinery News
Case New Holland looks to the future with Raven Industries
Case New Holland (CNH) is to buy out Raven Industries of South Dakota, US, in a deal worth $2.1 billion....
Rural Life
Are robots putting farm jobs at risk?
A recent UK study has confirmed that farm workers are the 6th most likely to be replaced by automated labour,...
Machinery Focus
'Per plant farming' with Tom, Dick and Harry
‘Per plant farming’ is the rationale that underlines the creation and ongoing development of the Small Robot Company based near...
Tillage
Meet Tom: Agri-tech firm hits 'world-first milestone' with farm robot
Small Robot Company (SRC) announced its first commercial robot, ‘Tom’, earlier this week. Launched by the UK agri-tech start-up on...
Agri-Business
'Field' test: Agri robots to be put through their paces on farm trial
A three-year trial to test farmbots – farm robots – has been announced between the John Lewis Partnership and the...
Dairy
Video: ABCD robotic grazing put to the test under Irish conditions
A team of researchers in Teagasc Moorepark are putting ABCD robotic grazing to the test for the first time under...
