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01-11-2019 | Interview
"The digitalization of farming means improving the processes"
Published in: ATZheavy duty worldwide | Issue 4/2019
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Excerpt
Information technology and electronics have shaped everyday farming for many years. But even here, digitalization is continuing and is linking a range of different processes and stakeholders with each other. The future of the farming business lies in Farming 4.0, or as it is sometime called Smart Farming or even Digital Farming, since the only way to raise the profitability of agricultural businesses is to implement modern information and communication technologies in farming. ATZheavyduty spoke with Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Herlitzius, holder of the chair for Agricultural Systems and Technology at the Technical University of Dresden about the changes in farming due to climate change and the reduction in biodiversity and how these can be counteracted using digital technologies.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Herlitzius (born in 1961) studied mechanical engineering in Dresden from 1984 to 1988 with a focus on agricultural technology. He subsequently worked there as a scientist until 1992. After receiving his doctorate, he started work at John Deere in Zweibrücken as a development engineer. He worked in several positions for the manufacturer of agricultural machines in Europe and the USA before becoming Head of Development for combine harvesters in Europe. In 2007, he accepted the position as Head of Chair for agricultural system technology at the Technical University of Dresden. In the meantime, Herlitzius is also Institute Director for the Institute of Natural Materials at the Technical University of Dresden.
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