automated farming project

studdlymurphy

hi all,
I'm looking for an automated farming solution to any of your problems. I'm not looking for a solution, I am looking for a job that you think could/should be automated!. If I use any body's idea I will provide feedback through the whole project and also give the project to them when complete. It is for a college project. since I have a back round in farming I thought that I would try to create something that was of benefit to that field (pardon the pun).
Thanks for the help.

blue5000

Something that constantly reads a water meter, then sends me a txt msg when a leak occurs / when a lot of extra water used:eek:

Farmer

blue5000 wrote: »

Something that constantly reads a water meter, then sends me a txt msg when a leak occurs / when a lot of extra water used:eek:

There are industrial solutions available like the smart meter at http://www.outpostcentral.com/english/GSM-GPRS-Smart-Water-Meter.aspx. . GPS locating for cows would be another. The problem is finding something affordable

Markcheese

blue5000 wrote: »

Something that constantly reads a water meter, then sends me a txt msg when a leak occurs / when a lot of extra water used:eek:

That's not a bad idea , a lot of meters are remotely read , so it'd be just a reader sending info to your computer ,and comparing water use figures ...sending out an SMS if more than so many litres per hour /day whatever ...

ganmo

I think there's a group looking at automated vegetable pickers (funded by the presion farming research fund)
There's auto steer tractors
Robot milking machines
Robot feeders

Hmm how about robot sheep shearing?

Zoo4m8

ganmo wrote: »

I think there's a group looking at automated vegetable pickers (funded by the presion farming research fund)
There's auto steer tractors
Robot milking machines
Robot feeders

Hmm how about robot sheep shearing?

I don't think robot sheep have wool....:D

ganmo

Ya never hear of steal wool?

...ya smartarse

freedominacup

studdlymurphy wrote: »

hi all,
I'm looking for an automated farming solution to any of your problems. I'm not looking for a solution, I am looking for a job that you think could/should be automated!. If I use any body's idea I will provide feedback through the whole project and also give the project to them when complete. It is for a college project. since I have a back round in farming I thought that I would try to create something that was of benefit to that field (pardon the pun).
Thanks for the help.

I think most tasks that can be automated have been. Refining and reducing the cost of some of them might be a better angle.

Zoo4m8

ganmo wrote: »

Ya never hear of steal wool?

...ya smartarse

No, never...heard of wire wool though




Ye gritty knickers...

onyerbikepat

How about a robotic herdsman? A remote camera on a robot that would relay back to a PC. Great for someone who had land a long ways away. Simply log onto the camera ( the technology is already there for calving camera) and count your cattle from your computer.:D

_Brian

onyerbikepat wrote: »

How about a robotic herdsman? A remote camera on a robot that would relay back to a PC. Great for someone who had land a long ways away. Simply log onto the camera ( the technology is already there for calving camera) and count your cattle from your computer.:D

I think you just re-invented that stupid Farmville thing on FB

Farmer

I think the OP is a student, not a millionaire

Mad4simmental

Farmer wrote: »

. GPS locating for cows would be another. The problem is finding something affordable

Huge +++1111111111