The machinery demonstrations are always a big draw at Potatoes in Practice and visitors this year will not be disappointed.
Potatoes in Practice, one of the UK’s premier field-based potato events, takes place at Balruddery Farm near Dundee on Thursday (7th August) and throughout the day Sky-Pin Drones will be demonstrating the XAG P100 Pro, a next-generation heavy-lift agricultural drone designed for precision spraying and spreading, ideally suited to potato production systems.
The drone will be in action at 10.00, 11.20, 12.30 and 2.20 spraying water to highlight its precision and flow control capabilities.
The team will be on hand to answer questions about drone-based spraying, spreading, crop monitoring and how this technology supports more sustainable and cost-effective farming by helping farmers to reduce chemical use and emissions and prevent soil compaction by enabling targeted, data-driven application.
The National Potato Innovation Centre (NPIC) is one of several crop centres developed by the James Hutton Institute in Invergowrie, just west of Dundee. NPIC works in partnership with stakeholders, academics, industry and government in the UK and beyond to carry out scientific research to future proof the potato industry and support economic resilience and growth.
The James Hutton Institute is Scotland’s pre-eminent interdisciplinary scientific research institute at the forefront of transformative science for the sustainable management of land, crop and nature resources that support thriving rural communities in Scotland and across the globe. It has just under 500 employees, 110 PhD students and has its main campuses in Invergowrie near Dundee.
