Topic
Autonomous Tractors
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Machinery, United KingdomBritain’s celebrity farmer puts autonomous tractors in the spotlightJeremy Clarkson's £310,000 AgXeed AgBot T2 at Diddly Squat Farm has put autonomous tractors in the public eye, though the machine costs about double a conventional tractor.
- Deals & capital, EuropeMonarch Tractor European expansion: the rise of electric autonomous agricultureMonarch Tractor has raised a Series C round led by Astanor Ventures, with CNH Industrial investing, to take its electric, autonomous MK-V tractor into Europe, with the UK a priority.
- Machinery, GlobalAgricultural robotics and automationAutonomous tractors, robotic harvesters, drones, sensors and smart irrigation can raise efficiency and cut labour costs, but cost, skills, breakdowns and regulation slow adoption.
- Machinery, United KingdomEvaluating autonomous tractor investment: a strategic framework for UK arable farmsA framework for UK arable farms weighing autonomous tractors, covering retrofit versus purpose-built systems, labour and field suitability, GPS and mobile coverage, support and regulation.
- Machinery, United KingdomDemocratising autonomy: the rise of aftermarket tractor conversion kitsRetrofit kits from AgXeed, Trimble's PTx, Monarch Tractor and John Deere can make existing tractors autonomous, though compatibility, downtime, insurance and liability remain hurdles.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe era of farm automationExplains how autonomous tractors, sensor-driven drip irrigation and drones are being used to automate crop and livestock production as farms face labour shortages.