Ready Set Grow Podcast - Farmer using DOT Autonomous farming and robots in the future

[AlbertaFarmer5]

It seems like an odd priority when one looks around the world at Agriculture.
When much of the food produced in the developing world is done almost completely by manual labour, it would seem like there is much lower hanging fruit than to eliminate the last few operators of an already massive efficient mechanized piece of equipment, which is doing the equivalent work of thousands of subsistence farmers.

[Ache4Acres]

There is no doubt there is a future ahead with 100% robotic automatic equipment on every farm. It will start in pockets and expand. Humans have tried to compete against robots in every other facet and ultimately the robots get too good. It will happen here too.

20 years from now you will be hard pressed to find a new tractor with a cab

[Dr Tone]

My grand father passed away long before auto-steer, I often think it’s something he wouldn’t imagine possible.

Maybe we’ll see autonomous hover machinery in the swamp. 😂

[Rareearth]

Maybe swarms of drones doing the field spraying of herbicides, pesticides and biologicals is more believable or easier and cheaper.

Autosteer adoption was a sneaky slow, then massive now 98% adoption uptake. It will all come down to economics profitability and opportunity in the future.

[Dr Tone]

Maybe swarms of drones doing the field spraying of herbicides, pesticides and biologicals is more believable or easier and cheaper.

I can 100% see it happening. In fact it’s already started for small scale specialty crops.


https://www.dji.com/ca/mobile/t20

[SASKFARMER]

So drones will replace farmers. Can someone explain? Ok, I get a dot it seeds all night then how do I move to field two a mile away. Load on trailer and move then who fills the dot in the middle of the night because what could it seed 40 acres. So basically babysitting an automated system. **** it's more fun driving around your field at least you understand your land.

This is a bullshit thing.

Maybe a full-size drone helicopter to spray. But a little piss in the wind won't work.

[Old Cowzilla]

I wish I had 2 robot tractors to bunk feed this morning -37

[woodland]

I wish I had 2 robot tractors to bunk feed this morning -37

Nah I’d sooner have them chipping ice from the waterers and pulling frozen net wrap. Heading out in a few minutes here and not looking forward to it. ⛄️

Putting on an extra coat for sure ............... and cardboard over the rads.

[bucket]

Nah I’d sooner have them chipping ice from the waterers and pulling frozen net wrap. Heading out in a few minutes here and not looking forward to it. ⛄️

Putting on an extra coat for sure ............... and cardboard over the rads.

Would like to see a robot take frozen net wrap off in minus 30 weather....that would summarize what a robot would be good for...it would take it off the bale....then you could spend time untangling the robot.

[SASKFARMER]

Yea funny thing even the remote Weather station said **** it today and isn't sending a signal for the last half hour. Yep, it's cold and tec is not going to work. It's us that have to go out and work. Liked the guy waiting inside his electric car yesterday to charge while I was shopping. He was still there when I got done and went to two more stores and passed again and he was still there. Ah tec. Yea was not going to be replaced.

[joedales]

Welcome back Joe

Thanks Furrow....I visit Agriville regularly but leave all the moderating to Nicole and team.

I hope everyone is well there and stay safe and warm.

Joe

[MBgrower]

There's an app for that!

drone flyby will send detailed map to the robotic field units before they begin, so they know areas to stay away from.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Thanks Furrow....I visit Agriville regularly but leave the complete lack of moderating to Nicole and team.

I hope everyone is well there and stay safe and warm.

Joe

Fixed it.

[bucket]

drone flyby will send detailed map to the robotic field units before they begin, so they know areas to stay away from.

And who is controlling the drone?

No matter what , there will be people involved 24/7 so what is wrong with the existing western canadian farm?

Millions unemployed , surely some of them could sit in seats and operate equipment for far less than than DOT??????

[AlbertaFarmer5]

drone flyby will send detailed map to the robotic field units before they begin, so they know areas to stay away from.

Combine that with remote sensing of soil moisture in real time, overlaid on soil type maps ( in my gound, I can drive through standing water in some higher OM black soil, and get stuck in damp clay on hills dry enough to walk on with running shoes).