Welcome to Stock Talk hosted by Kirsten Williams.  On today’s episode, Kirsten is joined by Ross Robertson, a Farm Technology Specialist at the UK Agri-Tech Centre. Ross collaborates with a network of farms to create practical solutions and demonstrate use of technology on farm to increase productivity. Ross draws on his practical farming experience and knowledge gained through visiting systems in other countries to bring about innovative change at a farm level here in the UK. 

Episode Timestamps  

00.20 Introducing Ross Robertson, Farm Technology specialist and sheep farmer  

04.34 Sector technology: dairy, arable robotics and precision farming, pig and chicken technology and animal health 

09.00 Return on investment  

10.36 Understanding how to handle and understand the data – the importance of training  

13.32 Applying dairy technology to the beef sector  

15.41 Main driver for introducing technology: labour, cost saving, health monitoring, increasing productivity  

19.11 Ross’s background 

24.28 Biodiversity sensors 

27.42 LoRaWAN – Long Range Wide Area Network 

30.15 Connectivity - a barrier to the uptake of technology?  

32.01 ONE AgriTech survey – broadband, apps and expert help 

43.30 What motivates Ross  

Resources    

The UK Agri-Tech Centre | farming & food innovation 

Ross Robertson contact: 07858309293, [email protected]  

Opportunity North East (ONE) 

The University of Edinburgh - The Power of Data in Farm Animal Practice  

For more information, visit www.FAS.scot 

Facebook: @FASScot 

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Phone: 0300 323 0161 

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