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The age of revisionism: Carbon
It seems that so much of what we were taught in the 1960s and 70s turns out to have been wrong. This applies to all sorts of things that are now judged differently. British Empire was seen as a wholly good thing bringing education, Christianity, law and…
What is Robot Hayes about ?
After two years of hard work it is time to start talking about Robot Hayes
Is the the end of the ag robot swarm ?
An academic agtech dream has died
Why Artificial Intelligence (AI) will not create robot tractors
Twenty years of incredible development have failed to replace humans as drivers.
The Digital Tractor
I recently gave a talk about tractors and robots to the #Landwards Conference of #IagrE There is a lot of investment and hype going into robotic field machines very often to do specialist tasks in high value crops. The “robots” can generally do one or…
Vegetables in a changing climate
Devon has a very mild climate with summer heat and winter chill moderated by the sea but even here we see the climate changing. This June it was so hot that my clay soil dried out to dust after a wet winter, temperatures in the polytunnel went over 50C.…
Robot Hayes allotments
I am renting out 100 sq m allotments on a gentle south facing slope of Pebblebeds soil on the west edge of Aylesbeare, Devon. The field has been a sheep run and hayfield for many years and not treated with chemicals. I bought it last year as place to…
Food shortages caused by flooding
The globalised trading network that grew up with the rise of China and the collapse of the Soviet Empire has massively changed where food and other goods are produced in relation to their markets. However, the fragility of this network was brought home…