The Role of the Centre
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The Centre is evaluating and promoting the technologies that provide solutions for modern farming.
The National Centre for Precision Farming (NCPF) aims to provide information and a range of support initiatives that will enable visitors to the site to gain an on-going understanding of precision farming, insight into precision farming developments and support services designed to assist farmers and associated stakeholders in applying precision farming methods.
The NCPF is based at the Agricultural Engineering Innovation Centre at Harper Adams University. This £2.93m engineering building supplements existing resources and provides a physical base around which university/industry collaboration can be stimulated.
The National Centre will be of significant benefit in helping policy-makers and the wider public recognise the vital contribution made by the agricultural engineering sector to future food production.
Roger Lane-Nott, Chief Executive of the AEA
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News
HFHa team initiate discussions to create industry guide for autonomous vehicles
The Hands Free Hectare (HFHa) team has hosted an event to share their learnings from their connected autonomous vehicles (CAV) project to representatives and experts from the agricultural engineering industry.
Posted 10 July 2019
Hands Free Hectare broadens out to 35-hectare farm
The Hands Free Hectare (HFHa), a project run by Harper Adams University and Precision Decisions, a Map of Ag company, has received funding from Innovate UK to create a ‘Hands Free Farm’.
Posted 22 May 2019
University and industry partners demonstrate biostimulants applied to wheat using drones
The Drone Team at The National Centre for Precision Farming (NCPF), at Harper Adams University, UAV specialists Crop Angel and Drone Ag, and a biotechnology company are investigating the benefits of using spray drone systems in agriculture.
Posted 28 February 2019
Hands Free Hectare at Harper Adams University shortlisted for THE Award
The world-first Hands Free Hectare (HFHa) project at Harper Adams University has been shortlisted in the Technological Innovation of the Year at the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2018.
Posted 18 September 2018
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National Centre for Precision Farming
The Vegetable Farmer
More than just an imaging tool, how drone technology is becoming more grower friendly. https://www.vegetablefarmer.co.uk/drone-technolo … Posted 31 May 2019
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UK's inaugural flight of new drone at Harper Adams University
During a visit to Harper Adams University on Friday 8th December, Justin Gong, CEO of XAIRCRAFT, and his team, Bridge Liu and Nemo Wang, fle … Posted 13 December 2017
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Drones for Farming Conference - 9th November 2017
New for 2017, the conference features farm property and roof surveying, on-farm case studies, software solutions, drone hardware, sensor tec … Posted 18 October 2017
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Drones Special Interest Group at Cereals 2017
Harper Adams and members of the UAS Special Interest Group were at Cereals talking to visitors and providing show stopping demonstrations. T … Posted 21 June 2017Cookies on the Harper Adams University website
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