Farmers Weekly report says colleges are struggling to invest in new technology Skills gap opening up in agricultural engineering?

摘要

THE Farmers Weekly ran a lengthy feature in July asking whether in the future, expensive tractors and machinery might stand idle because there are not enough qualified technicians to service or repair them? "For students who make it into the industry, it is an exciting and dynamic place to work - but with the shrinking number of colleges offering engineering courses, lack of investment and soaring machinery costs, the outlook for agricultural engineering seems bleak.