All About Magazine - Issue 14

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28 NOVEMBER 2015
Agriculture really matters
It plays a vital role in everyone’s life, without it our very survival
would be threatened.
Today’s farms are complex businesses
providing high quality, affordable
food in a sustainable manner to our
tables.
At the heart of food production
is the agricultural engineer.
Agricultural engineering is an
amalgamation of mechanical,
civil, electrical and electronic
engineering that also embraces
environmental and conservation
work, soil and water managment and
the forestry, leisure and recreation industry.
Agricultural engineers design and create new
products for every point of the food supply industry
from the field to your plate. They are also involved in a
wide variety of field engineering topics from dealing
with challenges such as soil erosion, irrigation and
drainage, protecting and processing crops and
environmental control to designing electronic
systems to manage conditions inside buildings used
to house livestock and store crops.
The machinery and equipment
manufacturers require engineers of the
highest calibre with the right skills to
deal with structures, mechanisms,
control systems, hydraulics and
electronics as well as having an
interest and appreciation of farming
systems and other relevant industry
sectors.
The Wrekin branch of the Institution of
Agricultural Engineers holds monthly open
meetings that are free to attend in the Agricultural
Engineering Innovation Centre lecture theatre at
Harper Adams University. Call Simon Cooper on
01952 815261 for details.
The next meeting on Monday 9 November 2015,
19:30 entitled: EfficientWater Use & Irrigation Systems
Development. Speaker: Anthony Hopkins, Wroot
Water & Jane Whitehead of the Environment Agency.