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A high-tech device designed to protect solo workers, like those working alone on farms, has been launched in New Zealand.

Farming innovation of the technology kind will be at the gates of East Coast farmers next April.

Farmers are among the fastest business people seeing the advantages of UAV technology, says Warren Eade of GeoSystems NZ. (UAV stands for unmanned aerial vehicle, or ‘drone’).

High speed broadband is a core requirement for farmers, says Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Alex White.

Imagine being able to walk into a field with your tablet or iPhone and be guided to a particular area or a plant not growing well. 

An expert on precision agriculture says he’s surprised at the lack of uptake of the technology in New Zealand.

Australian farmer Mark Billing does not consider himself a technology nerd, but is certainly an early adopter of techniques and equipment to improve his herd management.

Farmers are doing well at collecting data, but must now look at how to manage that data and use it to make better on-farm decisions, says dairy farmer and agricultural data expert Hayden Lawrence.

The future of farming described in a recent agricultural scenario is not far distant, says Nick Clark, Federated Farmers manager of general policy and chief economist.

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER to help farmers face economic and environmental pressures is a key challenge facing the Precision Agriculture Association of NZ and one reason the organisation wants to attract more farmers.