Five years of Hands-Free Farming (online) - 20 Oct 22

'Five Years of Hands Free Farming: what was achieved, what was learned and what are the implications' is the first of the new 'Minimising the impact of traffic on farmed land' interactive seminar series, hosted by NIAB's CTF Network.

Kit Franklin (senior lecturer in agricultural engineering and Principal Investigator at the Hands Free Farm, Harper Adams University) will share key practical insights from the innovative Hands Free Farm project:

• Project background and aims
• Key technical achievements
• Economic study findings
• View of commercial Ag Robotics

Zoom link will be provided to registrants before the event.

Booking essential. Free of charge for CTF Network Members. Non-members £10. Registration closes 14:00 on 19 October 2022. 

BASIS & NRoSO points available.

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Minimising the impact of traffic on farmed land

A series of bi-monthly interative seminars hosted by NIAB's CTF Network, with speakers at the forefront of CTF and precision agriculture, providing a platform for sharing research, best practice and the challenges faced in minimising the impact of traffic on farmed land.

SAVE THE DATE: Thursday 1 December 2022

The next seminar in the series takes place on Thursday 1 December 2022. Our presenter is Paula Misiewicz, Senior Lecturer in Soil and Water Management at Harper Adams University. Paula leads the field scale traffic and tillage experiment at Harper Adams which, for the past 11 years, has looked at the effect of field traffic management strategies and tillage systems on soil condition, crop development and yield, and production economics. Booking essential.