The Hands Free Hectare project so far
Posted 8 August 2017
In a world-first, members of Harper Adams University engineering staff, supported and led by precision farming specialist Precision Decisions Ltd, are attempting to grow and harvest a hectare of spring barley; all without stepping a foot into the field to tend the crop.
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