Climate Home: Drones, satellites and weed killing lasers could slash the energy used to grow crops, say experts
Mock-up of a robot selectively harvesting lettuces only when they are big enough (Pic: AGCO)
Big fields, big tractors, big chemicals: farming developments over the past few decades have been all about economies of scale.
That approach is reaching its limits, farmers heard at a Royal Society event on Friday.
The future of agriculture is all about ultra-lightweight robots, satellite data and...