Defra publishes review into on-farm automation amid labour shortages
Reading Time: 2 minutes Defra has published the results of a review exploring how the horticulture sector can make use of innovative tech such as packhouse automation, AI enabled
Reading Time: 2 minutes Defra has published the results of a review exploring how the horticulture sector can make use of innovative tech such as packhouse automation, AI enabled
Reading Time: 3 minutes Asda and the University have joined forces to better understand pressing societal challenges such as nutrition, environmental and health issues through a strategic data partnership.
Reading Time: < 1 minute The smart farming pioneers at Veracruz Almonds are poised for international growth, as they seek to expand exports into the UK following GlobalGAP accreditation. The
Reading Time: 4 minutes From commonsense sustainable practices to idiocentric genome-specific personalisations, to robotic kitchens, to cellular agriculture, food systems in the future will make you jump out of
Reading Time: 3 minutes Root crop R&D agri-tech firm B-hive Innovations has developed Root Extracts Ltd. The venture will extract plant-based protein from outgrade potatoes and peeling waste, as part of a
Reading Time: 4 minutes Modern “smart” farm machinery is vulnerable to malicious hackers, leaving global supply chains exposed to risk, experts are warning. It is feared hackers could exploit
Reading Time: 3 minutes An £11.4m project is taking shape outside Norwich which aims to fulfil the potential of East Anglia’s food and drink economy. The Broadland Food Innovation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Detecting crop disease invisible to the naked eye could soon be a reality for UK farmers, thanks to the development of an innovative handheld imaging
Reading Time: 3 minutes The ‘chef’ can already cook omelettes – and could one day help out in busy homes and assisted living complexes. Researchers at the University of
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fully autonomous, solar-powered robot capable of precision drilling and weeding has been launched by Opico. Offering pesticide-free weed control with zero fuel bills, the
Reading Time: 2 minutes UK growers are adopting smart, digital farming at a rapid rate, but as fertiliser prices escalate and new environmental regulations roll out, their use can
Reading Time: 4 minutes As the global population has expanded over time, agricultural modernisation has been humanity’s prevailing approach to staving off famine. A variety of mechanical and chemical
Reading Time: 2 minutes A new white paper from Agri-EPI Centre, the Agricultural Innovation Centre for Precision and Engineering Technology, offers recommendations related to future developments of autonomous agricultural
Reading Time: 3 minutes While augmented reality (AR) has been around for some time, the adoption of the technology has been slow. Part of the reason for this for
Reading Time: 3 minutes Trade is a two-way street and the UK agricultural sector will benefit from increased trade with Brazil, according to a Brazilian official. In February, a
Reading Time: 2 minutes A successful ‘pre-accelerator’ programme aimed at boosting sapling agritech and agri-food start-ups is set to return this Spring. Cultivate 2.0, run by Harper Adams University
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Bristol startup behind carbon-based technology to supercharge crop growth and reduce farming’s climate footprint has raised £1 million. Glaia was founded in 2019 by
Reading Time: 4 minutes Robot Highways’ is a project which aims to ensure industry sustainability by addressing labour shortages, the need for global food production and reduce the environmental
Reading Time: 2 minutes A world-first service that could revolutionise the way satellite imagery is used in precision agriculture has today been announced by UK technology companies Origin Digital and Aspia
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sixteen UK universities have come together to agree research and innovation priorities for agriculture. The aim is to help farmers meet net-zero and environment targets,
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