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LoginTechnical advancement is pivotal to the future of Scotland’s agriculture and rural industry, and the Royal Highland Show is the perfect showcase for many of these new inventions.
On display at the Royal Highland Show, which this year celebrates its 202nd anniversary, will be examples of the very latest in farming technical innovations – from a new fertiliser spreader to a brand-new style of cattle crush, the most modern machines, equipment and appliances which advance the effective and efficient practice of agriculture, horticulture, equestrian, forestry, renewable energy and estate service – will be available to view.
In addition, the annual RHASS Technical Innovations Awards, an influential and prestigious accolade which endorses new ideas, helping to support new inventions from agriculture, one of Scotland’s key industries, will be presented at this year’s show on 22nd June.
Fifteen inventors will be presented with a Technical Innovation Award: eleven will receive silver awards and four will be honoured with certificates of commendation.
A combine harvester which will address the overall cost of harvesting, an app which helps to weigh and record cattle at the water trough, a grain dryer which can be controlled and operated from a smart phone, and a spreader which applies lime and powder material with zero waste are just some of the winning inventions which will receive recognition.
Carwyn Davies, from Ritchie UK who won a silver award for their new Beef Monitor, said: “It is such an honour for our new beef monitor to have been recognised by RHASS and to be given a silver award. Our new beef monitor removes the need for labour intensive weight monitoring and allows farmers to get accurate live weights of cattle. Average live weight gains of finishing cattle are measured every time they drink water, reducing the labour needed to weigh them individually through a crush each week – or eliminate the guesswork if they are not weighed at all! Using compatible ear tags, our Ritchie Beef Monitor records the weight and ear tag data every time the cattle walk across the unit to access water.
“The Technical Innovation Awards support advances in agriculture, and we are thrilled to have received a silver award for our invention which will allow cattle to be weighed several times a day and reduce stress for both the stockman and stock.”
Andrew Rennie, Chief Steward of Technical Innovations said, “RHASS has an historical reputation for recognising and rewarding excellence. Technical innovation is pivotal to the future of our industry, whether in suitable development, improving the environment, promoting best practice or ensuring operator safety and comfort. “It is a pleasure to award fifteen very different inventions with our Technical Innovations Award and to be able to recognise such brilliant advances which are made in our industry.”
The Technical Innovations Awards sponsored by Hillhouse Group will be presented on Saturday 22nd June. The winning entries will each be displayed at the Royal Highland Show.
RHASS (The Royal Highland & Agricultural Society of Scotland) is the charity that stages Scotland’s largest and most popular agricultural show, the Royal Highland Show, the four-day event which takes place at The Royal Highland Centre 20th – 23rd of June 2024.
The winners are as follows:
Silver:
Kverneland Group UK Ltd – Kverneland PUDAMA
New Holland UK – New Holland CR10 Combine Harvester
David Ritchie Implements Ltd – Beef Monitor
AgXeed B.V. & SoilEssentials Ltd – AgXeed AgBot autonomous tractor
Shelbourne Reynolds Engineering Ltd – S-Touch Head Memory
Graintek UK Ltd – DRYING FLOOR STIRRING UNIT
AutoSpray Systems – AutoSpray Systems Ltd
LGL Agri / Kentra – DryerMaster
SpreadPoint Ltd – Spreadpoint SX-A Auger System
Oxi-Tech Solutions Ltd – Oxi-Tech Pulse Oxidation Unit
iLivestock – iLivestock Platform
Certificate of Commendation
PÖTTINGER Landtechnik GmbH – POTTINGER TOP 882 C FLOWTAST twin rotor rake
KRONE-UK – Krone SmartBale App
Spread-a-Bale – The ST (Side Throw)
Morgan A Nicoll – Drive Over Gate
