The Future of Farming: Digitally Disrupted and Very Precise (Video)

The agricultural industry requires a rethink. We cannot keep up with rising populations; continue the overexploitation of our land and carry on chemically polluting our soil. What’s the solution? Precision agriculture is paving the way towards sustainable food systems. And there is a huge opportunity for investors. 

Source: Lombard Odier on Youtube

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• Agriculture
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Water Efficiency
• Agricultural Engineering
• Agricultural Technology
• Water & Wastewater
• Precision irrigation
• Irrigation & Water Management

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1. If we want true sustainability what is really needed is a return to the Amish ways of farming.  We have no problems producing enough food using holistic farming methods.  In the developed nations we waste almost as much as we consume. We consume almost twice as much as we need. In part because the nutritional value of food has decreased because of declining soil health and in part because of the way the food distribution system has evolved. The most limiting factor and pressing issue on feeding the burgeoning population is food affordability. The industrialization of agriculture has replaced people with machinery. This has not made agriculture more efficient. My parents supported a family of 5 on 200 acres and we were part of a thriving community of business and industry. Today that same region requires 2000 acres to support a family and the surrounding community and business have declined accordingly. Entire communities have disappeared or have died but not started to smell yet. The path we are now on (speaking of North America) is a path that will eliminate people from the rural landscape. Issac Asimov's description of agriculture in I Robot is becoming a reality.  The technology described in the video is all great and works as advertised but it needs to be affordable for small scale family farms that love the land. Industrial agriculture loves only money and the soil is just another asset to be worked for sake of more profit.  I have spent my considerably long life in the agriculture world and I do not care for the direction we are heading in North America.  The abuse of our water supplies under the current production model is one of my main concerns.