Ideas needed for assignment on farming

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Now obviously I don't want you to the entire thing for me, I'm just looking for ideas. :P

- Education level of potential employees
- New technologies
- Career opportunities
- Future skills needs

Do farmers have to do anything like Teagasc courses before inheriting farms?
Would machines like combine harvesters count as 'new technologies'?
Could you branch off from farming to another job [career opportunities]

etc

DMAXMAN

in terms of new technology you could look into precision farming possibly. around a little while but stating to be taken up in a bigger way here. you can go as far as you want with yield mapping , variable rate inputs, auto steer etc. i know a guy gone down this road a good bit and if you want a contact number you can pm me

signinlate

Would zero-grazing count as a new technology.

delaval

Grass measuring, robotic milking and EBI New tech?

jfh

RFID tags compulsory for breeding sheep

49801

IRISHSPORTSGUY wrote: »

Now obviously I don't want you to the entire thing for me, I'm just looking for ideas. :P



Do farmers have to do anything like Teagasc courses before inheriting farms?
Would machines like combine harvesters count as 'new technologies'?
Could you branch off from farming to another job [career opportunities]

etc

not a new technology but a very underrated one is Direct Drilling.
Was tried in the 70's but was a spectacular failure.
Its the norm in the USA, Canada, Australia,
Basically seeding would out ploughing or other cultivation. Big saving on on Fuel, 10-12l/ha fore establishment.
Have a look over on www.directdriller.co.uk . Some very smart people there!

There is some done in Ireland.
Be interesting to establish what it would take to get Irish farmers to break from the traditional plough.

blue5000

I know I'll probably get shot for this, BUT.

Family friend of ours works in an ag college. They've told us that some of this year's students can't even add. Maybe it would be worth looking into maths/ literacy standards of tomorrow's farmers?

bbam

blue5000 wrote: »

I know I'll probably get shot for this, BUT.

Family friend of ours works in an ag college. They've told us that some of this year's students can't even add. Maybe it would be worth looking into maths/ literacy standards of tomorrow's farmers?

And some basic accounting skills once they can add a bit..

1chippy

49801 wrote: »

not a new technology but a very underrated one is Direct Drilling.
Was tried in the 70's but was a spectacular failure.
Its the norm in the USA, Canada, Australia,
Basically seeding would out ploughing or other cultivation. Big saving on on Fuel, 10-12l/ha fore establishment.
Have a look over on www.directdriller.co.uk . Some very smart people there!

There is some done in Ireland.
Be interesting to establish what it would take to get Irish farmers to break from the traditional plough.

The main reason a plough is pulled on most of the land round here is to level and turn over sods that were last ploughed with a fergie 20.
A basic app so you can guesstimate the finished weight of set breeds of animals with their killout percentage, age and what price you would need to be getting finished.

milkprofit

Measure grass growth in paddocks by SAtellite GPS

Edible pour-on seal for silage --instead of plastic cover