Agriculture may become an increasingly digital activity, as Royal College of Art graduate, Benedikt Groß, has been exploring the possibilities of printing with seeds.
With Agricultural Printing, Groß used GPS technology to write custom software to optimise the distribution of mix of 85% oats and 15% blooming mix and divide it in small partitions. The outcome was a pattern of multiple smaller oats patches divided by flower beds.
Following the basic principle of printing, Groß adjusted farming equipment to drop specific seeds in specific places while the tractor moves up and down the field. The seeds were 'printed' according to the custom pattern. The result is a unique farm field.

Groß's work raises the question of how these new models could enhance current agricultural practice, but also opens up the visually creative potential of farming and landscapes, with the possibility for images to be accurately printed/planted. There's also the possibility for future farmers to both increase diversity but also rent out patches for specific purposes.