1. Possibilities for Improved Decision Making and Operating Efficiency Derived from the Predictability of Autonomous Farming Operations

For the last 6 years, small autonomous agricultural vehicles have been operating on Harper Adams University’s fields in Shropshire.  Starting with a single tractor on a single rectangular hectare (2.5 acres) and moving on to three tractors on 5 irregularly shaped fields covering over 30 hectares (75 acres).  Multiple crops have been grown; planting, tending, and harvesting with autonomous tractors and harvesters.  The fields are worked using a Controlled Traffic Farming system,... M. Gutteridge