Farm technologies

I reckoned this might be of some use to someone on here, systems been running about 2 years last year watering 80ish ewes and lambs from a well at an out farm 12 miles from home and the year before it was watering 60 diary cows pumping from a stream for a day grazing every round really just to test

Interesting discussion. What advice would you give someone on how to start farming with $/£15000? https://youtube.com/shorts/x0yJPFaPxHo?feature=share3 Interesting point made about Urban Agriculture 🌻

Does anyone use Geographic Information Systems? Or trained on them in College? I'm looking to map information but not sure the most suitable software. (I did some classes in GIS but it was over 10 years ago)

Beyond GM are running a consultation process with farmers, which will take the form of a series of workshops on appropriate technologies and governance principles to aid the agroecological transition. They are looking for farmers from across the UK and have asked us to help find 2-3 farmers f

We had a great farm walk on the shores of Belfast Lough outside Carrickfergus the other week courtesy of Edward Adamson and his son Stewart. 'We'll try anything once', has been the mindset of Edward and Stewart as they have built up the sheep enterprise over the years. For the last number of years t

I was wondering what mobile apps people find most useful within their farming business?

We are five Electrical and Electronic Masters students from Queens University Belfast, and we're thrilled to unveil our latest creation – EweAlert by FlockSense! We're conducting a survey to gather insights that will refine our solution. Your input is priceless, and we'd love for you to take a mo

Unusual question: Does anyone know of anyone who uses irrigation on their land. We have a river on the farm and a few natural springs and was wondering is there a simple way to make use of that during really dry spells? Just a thought.

I'm seriously considering purchasing this, what a cleaver idea!! Just read this article in Farmers Weekly and thought it was worth a share. The following excerpt is from Farmers Weekly: https://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/farm-maintenance/workshop-skills/northern-irish-inventor-reveals-his-best-machin

Hi everyone, I'm a research associate at Ulster University and thought I would reach out regarding some of the work we are doing. UU and 5 other organisations have recently started a €3.1 mn research project with the aim to enhance the sustainability of protein production across the island o

My other job is Entrepreneur in Residence at QUB, in my role there I've crossed paths a few times with the amazing team from Cropsafe. What started as a school project has just secured a £3m seed investment round, driven by John and Micheál from Derry. (Pic and text credit: Startacus) CropSafe i