Robots and drones take centre stage in £4.5m orchard project

A new project to develop a commercially viable system for precisely targeting orchard inputs to specific trees and tree parts has been given the green light.

Led by Hutchinsons agronomist Rob Saunders, and part-funded by the commercial partners, Innovate UK and Defra, the four-year, £4.5m Precision Orchard Management for the Environment (POME) project is using cutting-edge

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