A lack of agritech knowledge is ‘holding farmers back’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Technology is set to revolutionise farming, increase productivity and help move UK agriculture towards its goal of being carbon neutral by 2040 but a new survey
Reading Time: 2 minutes Technology is set to revolutionise farming, increase productivity and help move UK agriculture towards its goal of being carbon neutral by 2040 but a new survey
Reading Time: 4 minutes With the global food problem lingering, AppHarvest founder and CEO Jonathan Webb is not only willing to tackle it, but he’s also prepared to devote
Reading Time: 3 minutes Over the past 12 months, the potential promised by Agritech has finally established itself, reflects Simon Deacon, CEO and founder of Light Science Technologies. We’re
Reading Time: 2 minutes A programme seeking the next generation of leaders working in the global food supply chain has launched, with the chance to gain access to £3,000
Reading Time: 2 minutes AgriTech firm Light Science Technologies Ltd (LST) has announced the start of a project to develop a cloche lighting and sensor technology system for the
Reading Time: 2 minutes A ‘perfect storm’ of COVID, Brexit, a dearth of lorry drivers, and the carbon dioxide shortage have brought food shortages in the UK which one
Reading Time: 3 minutes The first three spin-out companies have been launched from a government-backed knowledge exchange partnership designed to revolutionise the creation and uptake of early-stage agricultural technology
Reading Time: 3 minutes Two new dynamic and highly relevant events have been developed by the UK’s Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) to educate and arm the industry in terms
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), in conjunction with the University of Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT), will present two exciting, new events for the
Reading Time: < 1 minute A new project has received a substantial grant to detect potato diseases and defects before they hit supermarket shelves. Agritech firm B-Hive Innovations’ project has
Reading Time: < 1 minute A Dutch vertical farming start-up, FarmVent, has developed an in-door micro-farming solution. It is an autonomous farm vending machine, created to make food production easier
Reading Time: 3 minutes Robots have come to populate factories, warehouses, war zones, and even our homes. From the Terminator films to Steven Spielberg’s A.I. or the TV series Westworld, science fiction is full of
Reading Time: 3 minutes In its latest launch of new tractor models New Holland firmly committed itself to Agriculture 4.0, a term that has started creeping into the public consciousness without
Reading Time: < 1 minute With the much-loved FPC Fresh Awards returning this year, celebrity presenter, Chris Bavin, joined Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Industry (FPC) Nigel Jenney to
Reading Time: 5 minutes The makers of robot weeders say the machines can reduce pesticide use and be part of a more sustainable food system In the corner of
Reading Time: 3 minutes FPC Future, taking place on 4 November at the Lincolnshire Showground, is proud to announce one of its special features, the Dutch Pavilion, is filling
Reading Time: 2 minutes A robotics solution to horticultural labour shortages is being developed to help secure the availability of the UK’s favourite salad veg – the lettuce. Agri-tech
Reading Time: 3 minutes With the global demand for food escalating, vertical farms are becoming a critical component of agriculture’s future. They use robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are numerous technologies being developed to tackle the challenges faced by farmers in our ever-changing world. Here, we explore some of the most popular
Reading Time: 3 minutes As we journey into a 5G connected world the challenge of achieving true sustainability becomes more relevant than ever. Energy efficiency needs to be a
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