The Future of Farming is Autonomous, with Brett McMickell of Kubota

About this episode

Brett McMickell discusses the transition of autonomous farming from concept to reality, sharing insights from his experience in space systems and agtech.

What does it take to move autonomous farming from concept to reality? Kubota CTO Brett McMickell shares lessons from space systems, agtech startups, and one of the world’s largest equipment manufacturers, offering a grounded view on scaling autonomy, partnering with OEMs, and solving real problems on-farm.

People in this episode

Guest: Brett McMickell

Topics covered

• autonomous farming
• agtech
• space systems
• equipment manufacturing

Keywords

• autonomy
• OEMs
• scaling
• farming technology

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Kubota

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