Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK government has placed soil health at the heart of its agricultural policies, recognising its vital role in sustaining crop yields and ensuring long-term
Reading Time: 2 minutes Renewable agricultural technology is rapidly transforming the landscape of modern farming, delivering a range of benefits that encompass sustainability, efficiency, and profitability. By harnessing renewable
Reading Time: 2 minutes Researchers at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, Norfolk, have identified a biological process that enhances plant root interactions with soil microbes. This discovery could
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agricultural innovation is emerging as a key driver in helping UK growers achieve food security in an era marked by climate change, resource scarcity and
Reading Time: < 1 minute An eye-catching 12-storey tower is transforming the city centre’s skyline, built and joined onto the former Woolworths store, ‘stepping up’ the building away from Oxford
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK’s agritech sector is at a pivotal juncture, with the potential to revolutionise agriculture both domestically and globally. However, a recent report by the
Reading Time: 2 minutes In early February 2025, the UK Agri-Tech Centre, supported by the Department for Business and Trade and the UK Science and Innovation Network, led a
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agri-TechE emphasises the need to build upon and enhance the foundations laid by the first government AgriTech strategy a decade ago. In its 10th-anniversary report,
Reading Time: 2 minutes Syngenta and the pioneering artificial intelligence (AI) company TraitSeq are joining forces to harness the full power of AI in developing innovative, high-performance biostimulants. As
Reading Time: 2 minutes In the UK, a quiet yet profound revolution is taking place within the sphere of greenhouse agriculture. Modern cultivators are increasingly deploying sophisticated technology to
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s an emerging wave in the approach to farming all around the world, and it’s very evident at CES 2025. The convention floor this year
Reading Time: < 1 minute A pioneering R&D project aims to introduce an advanced monitoring system that harnesses AI to enable early detection and management of crop stress. With funding
Reading Time: 3 minutes As farmers worldwide grapple with volatile weather patterns, supply chain disruptions, and mounting pressure to meet sustainability goals, we predict that 2025 will be a
Reading Time: < 1 minute The TRUTH Project (Thriving Roots Underpinning Total Soil Health), spearheaded by BOFIN and its partners, is reshaping how farmers understand and manage their soil and root health. Running
Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the past year, the UK Agri-Tech Centre has collaborated extensively with Concert Bio to carry out a series of growth trials hosted by their
Reading Time: 2 minutes Innovative technologies and nature-friendly practices came together at Rase’s Farm of the Future event, sparking new ideas on how the industry might tackle its growing
Reading Time: 2 minutes A groundbreaking firm that transforms waste into animal feed, fertiliser, and health products is expanding its pioneering work to Holbeach. Fairman Knight and Sons UK,
Reading Time: < 1 minute A recent study has delved into how different light spectra affect the growth and antioxidant properties of basil microgreens. Researchers assessed five species: peppermint, Thai
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rotten tomatoes could soon be a thing of the past, as researchers have unveiled a promising way to make sweeter tomatoes by editing just two
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a groundbreaking development, researchers have harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) to uncover over 70,000 previously unknown RNA viruses, many of which are unlike any species
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