Our Week in Agri-Tech

Ending our week at Agri-TechE with a spot of pond-dipping – and reflecting on why we need technology to monitor and manage Nature at scale.Measuring pollination, soil health, water quality, species diversity…..and how to make the return on investment, we’ll be discussing all this and more at our event on 28th April hosted by Rothamsted.No wellies or test tubes needed – and certainly no magnifying lenses, but we will be hearing from major UK farming businesses and landowners as to how they are tackling this. Also processors, supply chain partners and networks, as well as a technology exhibition, and meet our sponsors, ADAS, Fenland Soil and Rothamsted Enterprises.Also next week – come and learn about the secret sauce for agritech and how to protect it, with IP21, the next in our micro-learning series over the summer where we’ll be from the legal experts in our network about how the legal world is changing for agriculture with the advent of technology.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friday round up is from Agri-TechE Towers (too cold and windy to be outside today!). This week: - Introducing some of our latest new members: Livefarmer UK - farm management software to help manage crops and assets, and supporting your audit needs. GIS-Point ltd. - harnessing spatial data for analytics, monitoring and precision application. Pennine Analytical Laboratories Ltd. - measuring the composition of elements such as carbon, nitrogen, sulphur and oxygen, and levels of proteins and calories etc in a whole range of materials Number 8 bio - for cattle farmers wanting an increase in FCR of their animals and to reduce their GHG emissions - a novel molecule encapsulated in a slow-release dissolvable bolus. 🐞 🐝 🪶 🚰 🌳 FIVE BASIS Reg Ltd points up for grabs for delegates attending our "Productive Landscape: Nature-tech for Profit and Planet" event (April 28th). Hear from the Environment Agency Chief Scientist, as well as speakers from G's Group, The Crown Estate, LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), Cambridge Consultants, the NFU (National Farmers'​ Union), Brown&Co LLP, Lloyds Banking Group and more - plus a host of tech companies. Thank you so much to Fenland SOIL, ADAS and Rothamsted Enterprises for supporting the conference. 📣 The UK's first Precision Bred Organism marketing notice has been issued.....a new barley developed by Rothamsted Research using gene-editing techniques moves a step closer to commercial deployment. And who do you / we know who met the King this week to receive their well-deserved Gong?! Huge congratulations to Simon Pearson MBE - you are a great ambassador for UK hashtag#agritech. Mentioned or met this week: Marcus Harrison | Thomas Williams | Peter Eastmond | Freddie Theodoulou | Julius Joel | Diane Mitchell | David Webster | Charlie Curtis PSAg , CSRM | Isobel Ashbey | Casey Woodward | Geoff Horrell |George Caterer | Darren Evans | Ben Makowiecki |News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some tractor action and a cameo appearance by some roe deer in this week's Agri-TechE round-up.This week:💡 Being inspired by the University of Reading AgriFood Futures strategy - a multi-disciplinary systems approach to agri-food, from land management to consumer and health, via crop and livestock research, teaching and real-world farming.💻 Bringing Artificial Intelligence into #agritech - Marks & Clerk experts talk us through the legal implications of liabilities, regulatory evolution and the importance of being human when it comes to patent protection.🚜 Watching the "virtuous circle" of farmers and agronomists talking to innovators about their tools, tech and services via our Farmer First Innovation Group. This week's was on traceability, feat, YAGRO and Livefarmer UK.🎥 Fame on the BBC for Agri-TechE member Messium and one of our ambassadors - Northants farmer Louise Penn following our introductions!📈 Announcement of the new Agri-Scale programme - £13m for industrial research and experimental development to help #agritech companies get commercial. The pilot was run with MTC - Manufacturing Technology Centre and it's great to see government confidence resulting in a fully fledged programme.🫰 The AgFunder Global AgriFoodTech Investment Report 2025 has landed - what are the trends in investments into companies across the globe and what does this mean for #agritech businessesNews, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Friday round up from Agri-TechE - in a week that has seen the launch of the UK’s Land Use Framework and our hosting of the big ARISE programme delegates from North and South America. This week:- The Farming Minister was at the University of Reading to talk about the report around land use for food production, nature recovery, housing, energy production, communities and amenities. Good to see a focus on domestic food production but the "More With Less" message is writ large......agriculture is going to have to be even more productive. - The 6 month ARISE programme culminated in a UK visit for the delegates at the Norwich Research Park, Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology and WMG, University of Warwick. A great showcase of different innovation ecosystems in the UK - we wish we had time to visit all the UK has to offer. - The Innovation Summit was hosted at Niab and featured more than 80 partnering meetings (yes, 80!) between the ARISE delegates and our community, as well as talks about cross-border funding for research, innovation and collaboration. Closing with a fantastic insight into Dyson Farming Research by Richard Meredith.....the longest post-talk queue we have ever seen of people wanting to talk to him afterwards! Big shout out to the ARISE delegation from some excellent global institutions, including Embrapa, the Yield Lab LATAM, the Yield Lab Institute, Washington University in St Louis, Taylor Geospatial, Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre, agcenter, Universidad Austral, Tecnologico de Monterrey, CREA, as well as Agritierra and Earthbase, and Newcastle University and Harper Adams University.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week’s round-up from Agri-TechE, I reveal what I am (according to Belbin) and what we've learnt about teamwork. Also: 📣The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announces dynamic alignment of UK rules with the EU – a single “rule book” on agreed areas of law. I talked with CropLife UK’s Feodora Rayner about the critical importance of good regulatory practice, science- and based policy-making and the hazard of chaos. 🤝 Meeting Steve McLean of the UK Agri-Tech Centre and hearing about their new strategy, helping agri-tech companies launch, thrive and deliver impact to the agri-food supply chain. 🫶 A meeting of minds with David Webster of LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming)……..let’s change the world together! 😊 Proud to be welcoming Robert Bradburne the Chief Scientific Advisor to the Environment Agency to our “Nature-tech for Profit and Planet” conference in April. There’s still time to book an exhibition slot and your delegate ticket and put your questions about flooding, soils health, and tech for ELM to him (and others). ✈️ Revving up to welcome our friends from the ARISE programme to the UK next week, still time to book partnering meetings with delegates from LATAM and St Louis, Missouri. Met or mentioned this week: Earthbase | AgriTIERRA | The Yield Lab Institute | The Yield Lab LATAM | Judith Batchelar OBE | Stella Peace | Minette Batters DL | Anne Ferguson-Smith | Matt Smith |News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A farming-focussed round-up from Agri-TechE this week, coming from the gorgeous GORGATE LIMITED Farm, an exemplar of production plus nature recovery.In this week’s round-up:🙏 Reinforcing the important of farmer input into the innovation process through the #Geocrop project – using historical weather and crop data to identify potential fail points for the supply chain. Thank you to our farmer members who were part of the process.🫧 🪴 Our Soils and Water Demo Day will be hosted at Elveden Farms Ltd, helping farmers see relevant #agritech in real-world action.📣 Telling the story of agriculture, harnessing our community to show how to make an impact through media and PR. Big thanks to Lizzie McLaughlin of Seeded Marketing, Tom McHarg CMktr of Orter Marketing and Max MacGillivray of Beanstalk.Global. 👋 A very warm welcome to some of our latest new members:☑️ Certis Belchim – crop protection solutions, both chemical and biological☑️ Agri Frontier – helping you assess and develop your market in Africa☑️ Trade and Investment Queensland – the go-to organisation for exploring agriculture and horticulture in Australia's second largest state ☀️☑️ Polysolar Limited - your flexible friend in agrivoltaics for energy production (and potentially even yield enhancement) for polytunnels and glasshouses)Plus putting the (agri)-world to rights with Jon Williams of BASF Agricultural Solutions.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It feels like the UK Spring has sprung – and with it we’re putting out shoots for some new and exciting activities for the month ahead.In this week’s Agri-TechE round-up:👉 Come and partner with agri-tech innovators from north and south America as the final, UK-based leg of the "ARISE" project comes together at Niab. Plus hear from Dyson Farming Research, BBSRC and Cambridge Econometrics about farmer adoption, international research collaborations and the role of innovation in the global food system.🎓 We launch our micro-learning series – first up is legal and IP challenges linked to use of AI in agriculture with Marks & Clerk.📣 Announcements from the NFU (National Farmers'​ Union) conference this week – did you go? (And congrats to Tom Bradshaw on your re-election as President!).🥫 Talking climate-friendly packaging and cloud whitening using spray technology with our members Archipelago Technology Group LtdPlus member catch ups with ADAS (🍲), NFU Mutual (💭), Food Intelligence (🍰) and more.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Agri-TechE round-up come from high above the Yarra river, hot (literally) from the AgriFutures evokeAG conference in Melbourne, Australia. 🫶 Aligning mindsets with some utter legends in global #agritech, in particular the awesome Brendan O'Connell; Peter Wren-Hilton; Meg Lovegrove and Rob Hulme. 💡 Being inspired by the keynote address by Andrew Bate, farmer and founder of SwarmFarm Robotics - check out my blog on our website with thoughts about agri-tech R & D.....(as well as E, A and S). And while we're on the alphabet soup, some reflections about TRLs - are they fit for purpose for agri-tech innovations? 🤝 Very much enjoyed seeing our Antipodean members, includingthe Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), Agnition Ventures and also the Aussie arm of Dyneval. And remember Moa Technology from #REAP2024 - they were here with a stand as well. 👏 Well done to the UK companies on the Innovate UK Global Incubator Programme - Airponix Ltd, Polysolar Limited; O2 Agri Ltd; Cleobury PM; Rare Earth Global; and The Extraordinary Berry Company. You did the UK proud showcasing your innovations around virus free seed potatoes, flexible solar panelling for polytunnels, the benefits of hyper-oxygenation in livestock prodution, waste valorisation for fertiliser, the wonders of hemp and innovative glasshouse design for strawberry production. 🙏 A massive thanks and well done to the amazing team who delivered the conference - particular shout-outs to Harriet Mellish, David Lord, Alex Bundock; Harriet Coutts; as well as Emma McMahon and Millie Childs. I enjoyed the Farmers2Founders pitching session - fast-paced but high quality presentations, and great discussions with Gabrielle Munzer and Thomas Williams about the investment landscape and a new solution to mitigate GHG emissions from ruminants. You can read Belinda's blog about the trip on our website.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A presenting duo for this week's Agri-TechE round-up (but one of us had to do all the talking). This week: 🗓️ Lots of named "days" and weeks, including the UNESCO Day of Women and Girls in Science, also National Nestbox Week and - crucially - Mind Your Head Week, raising awareness and support for mental health in our industry and farm safety. #MindYourHead Farm Safety Foundation (Yellow Wellies). 🙌 Welcome to our latest new member cohort, including: 🕷️ BugBug - detection of insect pests through acoustic ID of their mode of attack on plants 🦠 Bactotech UK - using Bacillus bacteria for bio-based solutions for crop and soil improvement 🛰️ Messium - nitrogen analysis using satellite observation, for insights into the N status of crops. 🧭 Kicking-off of our Agri-Tech Meets... Series, bringing tech from other sectors into agriculture. We started with Navigation....watch this space for more. 💷 Round 6 of the ADOPT grant is open, part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Farming Innovation Programme (and yes, it is at least 2 farmers!). And finally, a pleasure to chair the 2026 #NorfolkFarmingConference on Tuesday and it's always interesting to meet as a member of Defra's Agricultural Productivity Group - that group has lots to do!News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Agri-TechE round up from our week in St Louis, Missouri on the second stage of the ARISE programme with AgriTIERRA, Earthbase, Embrapa and the The Yield Lab Institute.This week's vlog featuring:💭 Some takeaways from the week's discussions and those who inspired our thinking.❗ Discover my new favourite mantra - is this the key to developing effective #agritech innovations.....and explaining why ecosystems are so important?🌦️ Long-range weather forecasting for farmers......do you trust this world-famous tool to predict the next 6 weeks of weather?It's been such a privilege to visit Bayer; the World Trade Center St. Louis; the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center; the Taylor Geospatial Institute; Washington University in St. Louis; 39 North - and a huge thank you to all who hosted us and facilitated our thinking.(And probably the best justification for lean manufacturing in our industry I have ever heard...... by Joe Steensma).News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Talking water and some important bedtime reading in this week's vlog from Agri-TechE. 🌱 Always a joy to visit Elsoms Seeds - we were channelling the aura of John Craven (he filmed a recent BBC Countryfile segment in this very glasshouse!). 📖 A thoughtful report from CropLife UK about the potential implications of "dynamic alignment" with the EU on UK crop production. 📕 The proceedings from the event co-hosted with Syngenta around scaling and global de-risking of agri-life sciences have been published. 💻 The January newsletter landed - included the latest blog on nature-tech for profit and planet (teeing up for our event on this very topic in April). 🌦️ A water-y Farmer First Innovation Group meeting focused on innovation in water management. 🤔 Plus a fascinating discussion around the role of AI in veterinary care and responsible use of AI tools in managing animal health in farmed and companion animals - much to reflect on about the role of transparency of the sources of training data and advocating for animals with Liz Barton. 📢 We hit over 12,000 LinkedIn followers - if you're one of them, thank you, (and if not, why not?!). Also a great set of member visits by the team, including to the amazing Waldersey Farms Ltd, and catching up with Gloucestershire County Council at the digital resilience in agri-tech event hosted at Royal Agricultural University.  News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A mega week at Agri-TechE, but any week that ends with horses has to be a good one. This week's round-up (also available as a podcast in Our Week in Agri-Tech) features: 🏇 When agritech meets horse-racing 🚜 Sustainable production of crops for renewable energy, with Future Biogas 🙏 Our Stakeholder Group meeting, kindly hosted at CPI and overseen by our new Chair Helen Ferrier. 🔎 A deep dive into how to Make The Most of your Agri-TechE Membership, the online recording is available in the Member Stash on our website and also via our YouTube channel. 🧑‍⚖️ Putting our members at the heart of policy-making in the UK, giving evidence to a Select Committee and via our Back to the Future report. 🙌 Welcome to two of our latest new members - Orter Marketing and the Crown Point Estate. Plus catch ups with members Collison and Associates Limited; The Crown Estate; Norwich Research Park and Home Farm Nacton News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's Friday round-up from Agri-TechE from the gorgeous estate run by the SALLE FARMS COMPANY. A brilliant example of an effective farmer-cluster group, leading the charge around data sharing and innovation adoption.Also in this edition:🟢 Announcing our new Chair of the Agri-TechE Stakeholder Group🟢 There's still time to sign up for our Making The Most of Membership webinar on Weds 21st Jan - current and future members - and yes, even the lapsed ones all welcome. You'll hear about our latest membership benefits and meet the team. 🟢 Our team at CropTec and LAMMA Show. Did you go? How was it?And member catch-ups with AgriSound, The Crown Estate, and so many more on our stand at Croptec, including ARC Agronomic Sciences Ltd; Agricultural Engineers Association; OptiGene; Syngenta; University of Warwick; Harper Adams University; Downforce Technologies; AF (The AF Group) and literally dozens more!News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What were the take-home messages of The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC)? The first Agri-TechE roundup of 2026 gives a quick overview (spoiler alert - there wasn't much #agritech). The debate was our highlight, with the motion "This House Believes Farming Will Be A One Day A Week Job in 90 Years". Mentioned in dispatches in the vlog - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary of State Emma Reynolds, Minette Batters DL, Niab, Jack A Bobo and Elliott Grant. Also:📧 Our first events mailer of the year landed - bookings open with discounts for members 🤝 Prepping for CropTec next week (come and see us on stand CT314 to learn more about our plans for the year, and for the chance to win goodies).News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's round-up from Agri-TechE:🥔 Speaking at CUPGRA's 36th Annual Cambridge Potato Conference and attending the gorgeous Potato Barons' Feast - from innovation management for new tech - to identifying country of origin of the celery......by taste!  💷 Funding for Scaling £100m up for grabs through Innovate UK's new programme. 🤗 Catching up with members Elveden Farms Ltd and Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), and a warm welcome to GoMicro - AI in a box to improve product quality in fresh produce, grain and nuts.  🚜 Getting ready for CropTec /LAMMA Show - see you there - stand CT314!News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week’s podcast will reveal…... The value of “nature benefits” in England in 2024 (at £37billion, it’s more than any single manufacturing sector in the UK) and why we should care about the UK’s newly-released Environment Improvement Plan. Plus Agri-TechE’s event on Nature-tech for Profit and Planet in April 2026 at Rothamsted Research in April next year. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=27311 What delegates REALLY thought of REAP 2025 – and getting next year’s date locked in your diary! Exciting news for those looking to engage with the #agritech innovation ecosystems in north and south America through the #ARISE project (Agri-Tech for Resilience, Innovation and Sustainable Ecosystems) – in partnership with AgriTIERRA and Earthbase, and our international friends at the The Yield Lab Institute and Embrapa. News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does the UK’s #agritech community hope the Modern Industrial Strategy will deliver on the ground? This week’s Friday round-up comes from  @syngenta 's global R&D HQ, where we debated four potential pillars of growth – investment, scaling, partnerships and exporting. Huge thanks to Gardin, RootWave, Tropic and AgriSound for candid sharing of the importance of these pillars for the growth of their businesses. Throw in a site tour, meeting the next generation of #robodogs for crop scouting, and a scene-set from George Freeman who – in this week of the UK Budget - stands ready to support agri-tech in his capacity as Trade Envoy and the engine behind the 30:50:50 strategy for innovation for agriculture and horticulture. Plus it’s our year end where we reflect on the year that's passed and look forward to the year ahead. We can officially collapse in a heap now all our 2025 events are DONE – other than prepping for – er – the 2026 line-up. A big thank you to the amazing little Agri-TechE team for a year well delivered.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From AI (in all its definitions) and IOT via the “AKIS” and learning from the Irish and New Zealand agri-food systems – with some big thoughts on UK horticulture.This week we discovered:The power of AI in distilling complex content – Burleigh Dodds commissions publications from world experts on topics around agri-food, including regenerative agriculture. Their AgNetZero platform enables a quality referenced interrogation across all their content. You can have a 30 day free trial to have a play.The key elements of an effective Agriculture Knowledge Innovation System, at a workshop run by ADAS, hosted by NIAB. What could be the future priorities for pre-competitive research in UK horticulture?The current status of agriculture in New Zealand, and why it’s a good time to be a dairy farmer right now. And we welcomed some new members, including Ladybird IOT by Forest Rock, using LoRaWAN agricultural sensors across a range of parameters, including temperature, humidity, nutrient sensing, and leaf wetness data – helping farmers assess real-time crop needs.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Closing the week where we’ve seen the REAP2025 conference and the community come together around the 30:50:50 Summit for innovation in agriculture – our industry is only heading one way. And we ALL need to be part of the change. Big love to everyone who was part of the REAP conference, one of our favourite reflections in the feedback was the noticeable positivity and “can-do” vibe among the farm businesses, innovators and researchers in the room.   Minette Batters DL set the tone for change with her excellent keynote address (there's a hot-off-the-press story about it in Farmers' Weekly). The agritech start-ups revealed new solutions to combat soil compaction, molecular diagnostics for soil, plants and livestock and ways of detecting nitrogen use efficiency from space…and so much more (check out the story on the Agri-TechE website to meet them all!). Scientists in our “Research Into Practice” session used Lego, a watering can and a cupcake to link their research to the real-world of farming. Meanwhile…… The 30:50:50 Agri-Science Summit, hosted by George Freeman FRSA MP reflected on the ambition to reframe farm policy, and the regulatory and R&D agendas for UK agriculture. George launched the vision at our Challenge Convention earlier this year, and it’s at the heart of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Science and Technology in Agriculture. A great Summit, excellent talks and brilliant networking, all ably supported by Niab. We are at a genuine crossroads for the industry in the UK, sure it’s a very challenging time, but if we are serious about the future of our industry, food production and environmental stewardship, I think we should view this week / month / year as a critical turning point.News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're so busy in the Agri-TechE team, this week's vlog was recorded on my way to the car from the office! We're in great shape for REAP Conference next week, last chance to register! In other news: 💻 The Agri-Tech Week event blogs are coming in and we have a short (but snazzy) video summarising the Week's events. 🛰️ Giving a talk about the state of global agritech to the team at Lacuna Space - with some great questions and discussions about the state of soils, investor trends, the role of regulation and so much more. 🙌 A warm welcome to some new members this week:  - Waldersey Farms Ltd, a major grower business of 20,000 acres - innovation-led and data driven. - STREETLY HALL FARM LIMITED, where technology development is meeting agricultural production. - Grounded Research | Market Research and Strategic Development, your go-to partner for research and strategic insights into what people REALLY think around food, farming, agriculture and environmental sustainability. Feat: Eric Hewitson; Mark Hall; Jack Smith; Chris Covey; Clare Otridge; Jan England. Have a great weekend!News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.