Agri-engineers to discuss soil health at annual conference
ENGINEERS have the tools to tackle the issues of soil health, says The Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE)
What can engineers do about soil health? The answer is ‘everything’ and this year’s IAgrE Landwards conference will explore how soil management technologies will change the way we farm the land to produce food.
The conference takes place on November1, at the Peterborough Suite, East of England Conference Centre, Peterborough.
Intensive agriculture – especially broad acre crop production – is having an increasingly negative effect on soil health, resulting in processes such as erosion, compaction, organic matter loss to name a few.
To understand the key issues, the line-up of presenters at the conference will take delegates through a selection of developments in the agricultural industry and how these can bring us closer to sustainable food production, supporting carbon net zero and other environmental opportunities and challenges faced by farmers and growers.
Presenters include: George Sly managing director at Horizon Agriculture, will provide an insight into his company’s vision and the concepts being applied to seed drill
COULD AGROINTELLI’S Robotti concept help ensure that soil health is better in the future? One of the speakers at the agriengineers’ conference certainly thinks so
development. Its ‘no-till’ approach is driving a number of innovative features and technology being employed on their products. This importantly provides a host of efficiency benefits for the customer, whilst working towards a sustainable future.
Ben Taylor Davies, of RegenBen, will offer delegates a fascinating journey through his farming career, specifically how to farm sustainably in harmony with the environment. The audience will be taken through his regenerative agriculture approach and how it is being practically applied in a commercial farming enterprise and what the future holds.
Ole Green, CEO and founder of AgroIntelli’s presentation is ‘Sustainable mechanisation – a new mechanisation on the land’.
He will explore a new kind of agricultural outlook offering some great sustainability credentials. AgroIntelli’s Robotti product is light in its footprint to ease soil compaction, driverless in operation to reduce costs and perfect for tasks such as mechanical weeding to reduce chemical use.
Dr Paula Misiewicz, the senior lecturer in soil and water management at Harper Adams University, will give an in-depth look at the various research projects centred around soil mechanics and management, with a focus on ground compaction reduction methods, alternative tillage systems and precision agriculture methods.
She will explain how science is providing the answers to sustainable land use and food production.