The Hands Free Farm (HFF) has undertaken the drilling of its first crop at the 35 hectare farm site on the Harper Adams University campus. The HFF follows on from the Hands Free Hectare (HFHa) that has been running at the university, in conjunction with Precision Decisions (now a Mag of Ag company), since October 2016. The small team behind the project aimed to be the first in the world to plant, tend and harvest a crop remotely, without operators on the seats or agronomists in the field. They successfully harvested their first crop, 4.5 tonnes of spring barley, in September 2017 and 6 tonnes of winter wheat a year later.
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