Farmer buy-in vital for future technologies

Education will be central to ensuring farmers adapt to new technologies and management systems, say the authors of a Teagasc report.

Wearable animal sensors, drones, genome engineering and new soil management systems are just some of the technologies that will boost future agri-food production, industry leaders heard at the Teagasc Technology Foresight 2035 conference in Aviva Stadium, Dublin.

“Adoption of new technology and management systems by Irish farmers has traditionally been low,” says Teagasc’s report.