Reading Time: 2 minutes Deere & Co. has formed a joint venture with GUSS Automation, a pioneer in semi-autonomous orchard and vineyard sprayers. Many GUSS (Global Unmanned Spray System) sprayers can be
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 Robots could be used to pick fruit under plans to stop Britain from suffering food shortages. Ministers have ordered a review into new measures to prevent empty supermarket shelves,
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: 2 minutes Lettuce is an incredibly valuable crop, but labour shortages make it difficult to harvest, as sourcing sufficient seasonal labour to meet harvesting commitments is one
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: 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 Vertical farming is forecast to grow by 20% per year through to 2030, with Credit Suisse pinpointing UK’s Ocado as the most engaged company. Vertical
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,
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
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