McGreevy Engineering has a reputation for producing expert equipment and precision machined components for the agricultural industry, utilising our skills, cutting-edge technology, knowledge, and experience to be a part of a new and emerging field known as agritech engineering. 

Agritech engineering combines the use and application of technology with agriculture to produce higher crop yields, increased efficiency levels and better-quality products. 

According to the Department for Business and Trade, the UK’s agritech industry is valued at £26 billion, playing a vital role in the global economy. With modern farmers contending with a diminishing labour force, concerns about the environment and the threat of urbanisation, agritech engineering has led the way in offering modern and effective solutions. 

With over 70% of land in the UK being used for agriculture, UK producers are embracing the technologies developed by agritech engineers, which have proved essential in protecting the environment and increasing profitability.

Below are some of the ways agritech engineering has been used to help the farming sector solve modern agricultural problems: 

• Machine Learning

This technology has been adapted to help farmers predict weather conditions based on past data analysis, allowing them to make timely decisions about irrigation and farm management.

• Mechanisation

By developing light-weight farming machinery, agritech engineers have reduced the levels of soil compaction, which increases the rate of water infiltration and results in a greater crop yield. 

• Robotics

Robotics have proved useful in monitoring, seeding, weeding and feeding, and has reduced the need for slow, laborious farming methods that require large workforces.

• Soil Sensors

These sensors help producers work out the best time of the year to use fertiliser on their crops and how much is needed, considering factors like the weather and soil condition, which can reduce the expensive and environmentally damaging effects of over-fertilising soil. 

• Digital Farming Platforms

Drone-based crop monitoring gives farmers easy access to data through cloud computing and satellite imagery, allowing them to keep a closer eye on the daily growth of their crops and know immediately when any problems arise.

The future of the agritech engineering sector is bright with many opportunities. There is no limit to the greatness that agricultural engineers can achieve, with their work proving vital in solving modern agricultural problems around the globe. 

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