IAgrE Lunchtime Lecture - Richard Robinson - "Ideas" (November 2023)

Some ideas that didn't get going and some that are still going strong
A Northamptonshire farmer’s son I started driving tractors when 4 years old, with varying degrees of skill, using a New Holland Super 68 baler when 12 and combines 2 years later.
I was the first Engineering trainee at NH and was sent to Europe, Africa, New Zealand and Australia testing machines.
Eight years later I moved to Watveare Overseas in Devon, initially responsible for service on Fahr equipment, but later took on the Deutz tractor business. After five years, including a move to Wiltshire, redesigning cabs and pickup hitches, I started what has become Autoguide Equipment.
We produced kit for most manufacturers/importers, concentrating on attachments that they were not interested in making - hitches, mower decks, trailer braking systems etc.
I joined the IAgrE whilst at NH and was very surprised, not to say flattered, to become President and subsequently Hon Fellow. I still sit on the Awards panel and am a Trustee of the Douglas Bomford Trust with special responsibility for our Arkwright scholars