High-tech farm model in the UK

Farmers in the UK are mastering the technology when applying more and more high-tech equipment in agricultural production - from cow milking machines to unmanned aircraft to monitoring livestock and crops - to help their farms. higher productivity than ever .

Self-driving tractors may be a dream tool for farmers, but GPS navigation systems (global positioning systems) for machines are widely used in the UK. According to a recent survey by Farmers Weekly magazine, this technology is ranked at the top of the list of the most popular and popular farm technologies in the country of fog (with 36% of votes in favor). The function of this system is to control the tractors to go straight to the land plots easily. As a result, seeding and fertilization are not overlapping, helping farmers to save considerable costs for seeds, fertilizers and fuel.

Ranked second and third in Farmers Weekly's ranking is automatic milk and smart phone (13%). More and more dairy farms are using robots in milk collection and up to 19% of farmers voted this to be their favorite farm technology. This device allows cows to milk whenever they want and because the computer knows which cows are about to give milk, it will conduct milking at the same time. Not only do farmers save time, the milking robot is also good for the health of cows and increases milk production. Meanwhile, smart phones are not only a means of communication for farmers but also a device for monitoring and checking the depth - depth of the land, registering cattle and poultry .

The next positions in the top 10 include: the set of output measuring devices (to help monitor, show and record the yield of crops), the device to monitor the estrus period of cows (to help increase the conception rate) ), unmanned rickshaws (helping farmers save time and effort), unmanned aircraft (monitoring pets and crops), electronic ear tags (using technology of invisible frequency online - RFID - to look after pets), farm management software (crop management, pay for employees, mapping .) and machines for automatic feeders, helping farmers You don't have to stay up early to get the animals to eat and still make sure they are full.

Although unmanned rickshaws have not yet been commercially produced, farmers can unleash their labor force thanks to the type of towed vehicle driven via satellite and radio that is about to hit the market. Accordingly, the man-controlled vehicle will guide the remaining unmanned vehicle to run behind and do the same task as the previous vehicle. As for unmanned aircraft, farmers can capture farm images to track crops, help them quickly and easily detect weeds, identify areas to be replanted, need to fertilize or use medicine insecticides. It is also useful in banishing birds to eat seeds. Reportedly, researchers at the University of Illinois (USA) are also using unmanned aircraft to take photos of crops from above on their experimental farms.

Although the agricultural production technologies in the top 10 have been applied in practice, there are only a few farmers in the UK who have the financial ability to own all of these modern devices. Still, experts say these technologies can show the prospect of future farming."Farms are increasingly automated with high-tech and technical equipment, allowing farmers to work more accurately, reduce losses and increase productivity and profitability" - Farmers ' editor James Andrews Weekly said. He also expected that in the future, the price of such equipment would decrease, so that the farms in the future could improve the animal health, reduce the dependence on chemicals and farmers have more time. for better farm management.