Welcome to Stock Talk hosted by Kirsten Williams. On today’s episode, Kirsten is joined by Ross Robertson, a Farm Technology Specialist at the UK Agri-Tech Centre. Ross collaborates with a network of farms to create practical solutions and demonstrate use of technology on farm to increase productivity. Ross draws on his practical farming experience and knowledge gained through visiting systems in other countries to bring about innovative change at a farm level here in the UK.
Episode Timestamps
00.20 Introducing Ross Robertson, Farm Technology specialist and sheep farmer
04.34 Sector technology: dairy, arable robotics and precision farming, pig and chicken technology and animal health
09.00 Return on investment
10.36 Understanding how to handle and understand the data – the importance of training
13.32 Applying dairy technology to the beef sector
15.41 Main driver for introducing technology: labour, cost saving, health monitoring, increasing productivity
19.11 Ross’s background
24.28 Biodiversity sensors
27.42 LoRaWAN – Long Range Wide Area Network
30.15 Connectivity - a barrier to the uptake of technology?
32.01 ONE AgriTech survey – broadband, apps and expert help
43.30 What motivates Ross
Resources
The UK Agri-Tech Centre | farming & food innovation
Ross Robertson contact: 07858309293, ross.robertson@ukagritechcentre.com
Opportunity North East (ONE)
The University of Edinburgh - The Power of Data in Farm Animal Practice
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