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Automated machines growing the first arable crop remotely, without operators in the driving seats or agronomists on the ground. #HFHa #HFF

West Midlands, England
Joined July 2015
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@naked_barley
Edward Dickin
9 days
Cultivation autonomously @FreeHectare for the next season of strip cropping yesterday.
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@AgEngResearch
Kit Franklin
6 days
Very pleased to share the publication of "Hands free Hectare: The Heuristics of the first arable crop produced by robots" https://t.co/Wz38pOlNvk A paper describing the research approach and key outcomes of Hands @FreeHectare @HarperAdamsUni
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@AgEngResearch
Kit Franklin
2 months
On this week's @BrashAgri podcast I got my Hands @FreeHectare co-creator Jonathan Gill on to reflect upon 10 years since we coined the name and concept of #HFHa Search "Brash Ag" on @Spotify @ApplePodcasts @YouTube etc!
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@AgEngResearch
Kit Franklin
2 months
Was great to chat to Wallace on the Rural to Kitchen Pod. Talking #HFHa, #Agritech, @IAgrE, @BrashAgri and why we need people to study Ag Eng @HarperAdamsUni https://t.co/SgWZGoOw65
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@FreeHectare
HandsFreeHectare & Farm
2 months
Ten years from #HFHa concept! What sparked the Hands Free projects? Give Brash Ag a listen to find out!
@AgEngResearch
Kit Franklin
2 months
On this week's @BrashAgri podcast I got my Hands @FreeHectare co-creator Jonathan Gill on to reflect upon 10 years since we coined the name and concept of #HFHa Search "Brash Ag" on @Spotify @ApplePodcasts @YouTube etc!
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@naked_barley
Edward Dickin
7 months
@FreeHectare @HarperAdamsUni @FarmscanAGUK @innovateuk Busy week for @FreeHectare - strip intercropping also sown beans, naked barley and boats (beans + oats mixed intercropping)
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@FreeHectare
HandsFreeHectare & Farm
7 months
Another run through of Rotofence demonstration. Autonomous post placement, straight and upright. @HarperAdamsUni @FarmscanAGUK Kidd Farm Machinery. @innovateuk #Agtech #Agritech #HFHa #handsfreefarm
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@FreeHectare
HandsFreeHectare & Farm
7 months
Autonomous Fencing cycle! Collaboration between @FarmscanAGUK, @HarperAdamsUni and Kidd Farm Machinery. An @innovateuk funded project "Rotofence"
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@FreeHectare
HandsFreeHectare & Farm
7 months
Beautiful morning for an Autonomous Fencing demonstration. Keep posted for footage later! #handsfreefarm #HFHa @HarperAdamsUni @FarmscanAGUK
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@FreeHectare
HandsFreeHectare & Farm
9 months
Early field testing of autonomous post positioning and slope compensation, promising start, watch this space @HarperAdamsUni @FarmscanAGUK #autonomosfarming #Agritech #autonomousAg
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@AgEngResearch
Kit Franklin
11 months
Landing in Denmark for @agromek_dk expo and the Advances & Innovations in Ag Eng conference where I am giving the keynote about @FreeHectare on Wednesday. It's fairly wet here plenty of standing water on approach. @HarperAdamsUni
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@FreeHectare
HandsFreeHectare & Farm
11 months
Tractor leaving @HarperAdamsUni to go for on farm autonomous project testing with @FarmscanAGUK #HandsFree
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@FreeHectare
HandsFreeHectare & Farm
1 year
In this Podcast you can hear what Callum and @FarmscanAGUK took from their involvement in the #handsfreefarm #HFF project as a commercial partner. As well as his insight into the challenges of autonomous farming.
@BrashAgri
Brash Ag Farm Innovation Podcast
1 year
In this weeks Chewing the Cud Pod Kit @AgEngResearch and Ray @Flynt_tech are joined by @FarmscanAGUK MD Callum Chalmers. Hear Callum's take on skills, @innovateuk funding, the European Ag Electronics market and future developments. https://t.co/5K7ums4C7m
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@naked_barley
Edward Dickin
1 year
@FreeHectare driving autonomously
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@naked_barley
Edward Dickin
1 year
Sowing the new site for @FreeHectare strip #intercropping @HarperAdamsUni winter wheat blend of Extase and Mayflower, Mascani oats, other strips will be spring barley, spring beans and legume fallow
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@naked_barley
Edward Dickin
1 year
Strip cropping #intercropping with 2m wide strips barley, spring beans and wheat. Beans near the barley appear to have more pods. Edge effects and temporal complementary (relay cropping) @FreeHectare @HarperAdamsUni
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@naked_barley
Edward Dickin
1 year
@FreeHectare @HarperAdamsUni Solar dome. Oak Farm Population wheat. Plants in centre taller, plants on edges tillering out. Domed top to strip. Increased surface area.
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@naked_barley
Edward Dickin
1 year
Cyberpeasant: agroecology meets agritech wheat and clover strip cropping @FreeHectare @HarperAdamsUni - will be talking about diverse cereals @Groundswellaguk with @UKGrainlab on Thursday at 1pm
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Edward Dickin
1 year
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@AgEngResearch
Kit Franklin
2 years
Just arrived @PlumptonCollege for West Sussex Growers Association conference. Great to be back after a successful 2018 event to report on Hands @FreeHectare progress and commercial Ag robotic uptake.
@PlumptonCollege
Plumpton College
2 years
We are so excited to welcome the West Sussex Growers Association within our AgriFood Centre today for the WSGA Autumn Conference 2023! The event kicks off at 10am with a talk from the WSGA Chair, Richard Hopkins, followed by the @NFUtweets President, Minette Batters 🌿
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