How do agronomy businesses stay at the forefront of technology development? What happens at the interface of robotics and farming? How can farming experience help to mould and shape new technologies?

This week Ray and Kit speak to Jonanthan Trotter, technology trials manager at agronomy company Agrii. Jonathan's career perfectly intersects cutting edge tech and farming, providing a vital horizon scanning role to bring in and experiment with new technologies to keep Agrii at the bleeding edge of modern agronomy.

Jonathan is from a traditional farming background, growing up on a family farm. After graduating from Harper Adams University he followed a career path into working on farms and estates, covering everything from grain analysis in shipping to growing crops on the home farm. Since then he followed a path into agronomy and technology, working for Frontier managing crops trials and then Lincoln University supporting researchers (and Professor Simon Pearson) to ensure they had the crops they needed to test autonomous harvesting and scanning systems and that they had the agronomic advice they needed to develop their machines.

Jonathan has a wealth of information and experience to share for farmers, engineers and innovators alike.