In this Digging deep episode, Kit and Ray discuss how the farming operations of the future might be powered from electricity and batteries to methane and hydrogen. Ray explains how farming of the past was powered and how there could be some unexpected parallels with the farming of the future and Kit discusses the role that automation can play in enabling new fuels and power sources in agriculture along with some of the reasons that diesel has been the go to fuel for so long.

BioFactory: https://biofactory.energy/

Ray’s article about the potential for remote battery energy storage for agricultural robotics https://www.linkedin.com/posts/flynt-technology_ev-agtech-robotics-activity-7174077806698491904-oT85?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Link to Northern Industrial Battery Services https://www.nibsltd.com/

Link to Fendt’s e100 tractor https://www.fendt.com/int/agricultural-machinery/e-tractors/fendt-e100-v-vario

Link to John Deere cable power tractor https://www.tuckwells.com/electric-tractor-powered-by-cable/