Editor’s View: Agritech Must Become Britain’s Climate Toolkit
Reading Time: 5 minutes In a sector that has spent years discussing climate change in the future tense, this summer has rather firmly, moved the conversation into the present.
Reading Time: 5 minutes In a sector that has spent years discussing climate change in the future tense, this summer has rather firmly, moved the conversation into the present.
Reading Time: 3 minutes High-tech answers to some of farming’s toughest challenges will take centre stage at this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, with the launch of a new hydrogen-powered
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sensor technology and artificial intelligence are beginning to reshape the way goods move across the UK, offering fresh opportunities to improve efficiency, resilience, safety and
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cornish farmers are turning to a new generation of agricultural technology as pressure grows to produce more efficiently, improve productivity and manage the daily demands
Reading Time: 4 minutes For a while, Europe’s foodtech sector felt unstoppable. Money flooded into vertical farming, alternative proteins, rapid grocery delivery platforms and futuristic food concepts that promised
Reading Time: 2 minutes Former science minister and Mid-Norfolk MP George Freeman has called for a renewed government focus on agri-tech investment, warning that the UK risks undermining one
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Cornwall-based agri-tech business is harnessing drone technology to transform on-farm operations, offering a faster, more precise and cost-effective approach to a range of agricultural
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agritech innovators must design technologies that integrate seamlessly with real-world farm operations and emerging digital standards if they are to accelerate the transition towards a
Reading Time: 2 minutes Slug damage is quietly costing UK arable farmers an eye-watering £43.5 million every year — and this year, researchers believe they’re closer than ever to
Reading Time: 3 minutes Artificial intelligence is already transforming agriculture — and before you panic about robots taking over the countryside, let’s set the record straight: the machines aren’t
Reading Time: 3 minutes LAMMA 2026 has recorded its biggest turnout in the event’s history, drawing more than 45,000 visitors and over 800 exhibitors to the NEC Birmingham, as
Reading Time: 4 minutes If 2026 had a motto for UK food supply, it might be: “Do more, with less, in weirder weather… and don’t get hacked.” Between volatile
Reading Time: 2 minutes A fresh wave of agri-innovation is taking shape across UK farms as the first projects funded through DEFRA’s Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT)
Reading Time: 2 minutes Global demand for blueberries continues to surge, with retailers and consumers increasingly expecting availability all year round. Yet berries remain one of the most challenging
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK Agri-Tech Centre has unveiled a bold new initiative designed to put the spotlight on cutting-edge agri-tech companies that are quietly, but firmly, reshaping
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s a subtle but sure revolution happening across the British countryside, and you won’t spot it in a headline or an annual review — you’ll
Reading Time: 2 minutes Big data has quietly become one of the most powerful forces reshaping British agriculture. We are no longer talking about a future vision of farms
Reading Time: 2 minutes The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has unveiled a fresh round of 23 international collaborations under its International Bilateral Fund (IBF), injecting £6.5 million into UK-led
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture’s future may well lie in the skies above Shropshire. On a windswept hillside, dairy farmer and drone pilot Frazer Bloor stands with a control
Reading Time: 3 minutes (Adapted from Dr Ngonidzashe Chirinda, “Seeds of stability: How African agritech can secure global food futures,” BusinessGreen Opinion, 3 October 2025) If we abandon the
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