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  • Pod 1 - What its all about?

    Pod 1 - What its all about?
    2024/08/29
    Ray and Kit introduce themselves and the Brash Ag podcast, and give a flavour for 'What its all about'. In coming episodes Kit and Ray will be getting their hands dirty, "Digging deep" into the technology of new agtech, "Chewing the cud" with guests, and exploring "Cash cow" business models.
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    11 分
  • Pod 2 - Who is Raymond King?

    Pod 2 - Who is Raymond King?
    2024/08/29
    Kit takes the reins and interviews Ray about his career, all the way from school to today. Ray shares some of his motivations behind becoming an engineer and how his career has taken him around the world. Ray talks about what drew him back to agricultural engineering after working in aerospace engineering and what it was like working for the robotics start-up Small Robot Company.
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Pod 3 - Who is Kit Franklin?

    Pod 3 - Who is Kit Franklin?
    2024/08/29
    Kit takes the hot seat and Ray interviews Kit. Kit talks about how his background and experiences on the family farm lead him to pursue a masters in agricultural engineering and how he saw the chance to make a difference in the world through academia and the role he played in launching the Hands Free Hectare project at Harper Adams.
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    1 時間 1 分
  • Pod 5 - Cash Cow: Farming as a Service

    Pod 5 - Cash Cow: Farming as a Service
    2024/09/05
    In this ‘Cash cow’ episode, Ray and Kit discuss service based business models in agriculture, explaining what Farming as a Service means for both farmers and technology manufacturers and where the pitfalls and benefits can be found for both sides of the deal. Ray draws on his experiences in a robotics start-up and Kit explains his thoughts about the rise of ‘as a Service’ models in farming and how the concept may be much older than everyone thinks… Ray’s FaaS LinkedIn Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/flynt-technology_raas-robotics-agtech-activity-7160202919034634242-ihoY?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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    56 分
  • Pod 4 - Digging Deep: Non chemical crop protection

    Pod 4 - Digging Deep: Non chemical crop protection
    2024/09/04
    In this Digging Deep episode, Kit and Ray discuss non-chemical crop protection, from what farmers did before agrochemicals to the way in which agrochemicals proliferated into agriculture during the ‘Green revolution’ and how consumers are starting to put pressure on farmers to move away from agrochemicals. Kit and Ray explore some of the challenges and opportunities that agricultural engineers and technologists are being faced with to help farmers cut down their chemical inputs and the different technologies that are making it all possible. Ray’s LinkedIn article on non-chemical weed control https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/future-non-chemical-weeding-technology-raymond-king-ceng-miagre-ivjpe/?trackingId=zfLqtcAETgeuJPe7mxqglw%3D%3D Recommended book: Non-chemical weed management: Principles, Concepts and Technology M.K Upadhyaya and R.E. Blackshaw ISBN 978-1845932909 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-Chemical-Weed-Management-Principles-Technology/dp/1845932900 Recommended Research papers: Computer-Vision-based Hoe Guidance for Cereals — an Initial Trial by N.D. Tillett, and T. Hague https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021863499904584 A Mathematical Model of the Kinematics of a Rotating Disc for Inter- and Intra-row Hoeing by M.J. ODogherty, R.J. Godwin, A.P. Dedousis, J.L. Brighton, N.D. Tillett https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1537511006003369
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    1 時間 18 分