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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		Agricultural Technology
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:25:08
	Publish Date:		2019-01-26 01:00:00
	Description:		All this week on Farming Today, we've been discussing the future of farming - and that is going to involve a whole lot of technology. But what might that gadget-filled world might look like? Charlotte heads to Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre - or Agri-EPI Centre - at Cranfield University, to find out. She hears from Agri-EPI Centre chief executive David Ross, on their remit to drive agri-food innovation; and meets up with Jane Rickson from Cranfield's Soil and Agrifood Institute, to hear more about the site and check out one of their biggest pieces of kit... Dr Daniel Simms, a specialist in remote sensing, shows Charlotte round the on-site glasshouse, that has a robotic gantry measuring every detail of the crops being trialled within its glass walls; and on a visit to the laboratory, Dr Natalia Falagan discusses how technology can help address food waste, from farm to fork. Meanwhile Anna Louise Walter visits horticultural research centre NIAB EMR's orchard in East Malling, to find out about a new project to develop technology that could revolutionise spring for apple growers; and Josh Henretig, Microsoft's senior director for AI for Earth and sustainability, explains why they've branched out into agricultural technology. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Lucy Taylor.
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