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On both organic and conventional farms, autonomous mechanical weeding used more skilled labour due to routine supervision, field-to-field transport, and human intervention requirements. Higher skilled labor time with robotics negatively affected farmers’ work–life balance. Investment cost, supervision and human intervention requirements, technology specialization, and logistics of field operations were identified as the main barriers to adoption of the tested weeding robot.

Natural England will take a catchment-scale strategic mitigation approach to Environmental Delivery Plans, implementing the existing nutrient neutrality scheme measures upstream of protected areas.

Landowners and farmers are amongst those who could feel the biggest impact of the Great Grid Upgrade – the UK’s largest overhaul electricity infrastructure for generations. The GGU involves 17 new major infrastructure projects designed to allow for cleaner and affordable energy to be carried from the site of production, such as offshore wind farms, straight to homes and businesses.