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EXECUTIVE VIEWPOINTS
Why agriculture will automate
before on-highway
Danfoss' top autonomy executive says automation will help overcome labor and
technological challenges that would otherwise leave billions of dollars' worth of
crops rotting in fields.
by Peter Bleday
By 2027, agriculture likely will have a
well-advanced autonomy offering that
includes Level 3 and Level 4 machines.
A
World Wildlife Fund report
estimates that global food
waste on farms amounts to
1.2 billion tonnes per year
- about 15.3% of the world's annual
food production. Total value of that
loss? About $370 billion. Crops left
unharvested due to lack of labor are
not included in these figures. While
aggregate numbers for the U.S. are
hard to come by, last year the British
farming union NFU estimated that
overall food loss in the U.K. due to
workforce shortages was £60 million
- and that was just the first half of
the year.
Farm-stage crop loss can be attributed
to a number of factors: market
conditions, poor technology or infrastructure,
agricultural practices, pests
and disease, natural disasters and
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weather and labor availability and cost. The impact
of the problem can already be seen today in price
inflation at supermarkets. While the issue may seem
transient, others - such as food supply and climate
change - are not. Reducing food waste, as the
WWF report states, will play a significant role in
improving global food security and reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.
While technological advancements alone will not
Peter Bleday, head of autonomy,
Danfoss Power Solutions.
" Most autonomousmachine
development
efforts in agriculture
currently focus on
Level 3. "
solve this challenge, solutions such as autonomous
machinery can go a long way in overcoming the human
and technology factors of farm-stage food waste.
This is why agricultural vehicles will progress down the
road to autonomy faster than on-highway vehicles.
Three factors impacting on- and
off-highway autonomy
The mainstream media is highly focused on autonomous
passenger cars. From self-driving capabilities to
robo-taxis, stories abound about the coming revolution
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