What will Irish farming look like in 10 years' time?

Farming columnist Kieran Coughlan considers some of the driving factors for the next 10 years

The use of drones and autonomous vehicles will become more popular to allow for selective application of herbicides. 

Most farmers have the ambition for continuous improvement, striving to do what they do better, tweaking the system to become more efficient.

Tillage farmers hope to get higher crop yields through better agronomy, dairy farmers seek improved milk output and constituents with breeding and grassland management, beef farmers seek improving weight gain on finishing cattle through better genetic selection.