Reading Time: 8 minutes According to research from analytics firm GlobalData, the robotics industry was worth $45.3bn in 2020. Researchers forecast a compound annual growth rate of 29% and
Reading Time: 3 minutes Bayer have announced their commitment to a strategic partnership formed with Microsoft to build a new cloud-based set of digital tools and data science solutions
Reading Time: 3 minutes In two positive sustainability moves in the UK’s farming sector, KP Snacks has outlined plans to scale regenerative potato farming and Morrisons will begin decreasing
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: 3 minutes A unique proposal, combining the modern farming technique of hydroponics with a bespoke holiday chalet development, could see farmers from around the world attending courses to
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 A former mushroom farmer, now said to be Ireland’s first commercial vertical farmer, has signed a contract with foodservice provider, Compass Group Ireland. The foodservice
Reading Time: 2 minutes Commercial greenhouse growers La Serra and indoor farming technology provider LettUs Grow have partnered to conduct tomato propagation trials. The first aeroponic trials were conducted
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Cambridge company that helps fruit growers produce more fruit, be more efficient and increase sustainability by using drone technology and artificial intelligence has successfully
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: 3 minutes Sean Lee, co-founder of E-farm, explains how he is changing people’s perceptions of farming by growing organic vegetables in the city using innovative methods. Lee got
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: 3 minutes Sustainable Thinking Scotland becomes the first social enterprise to secure investment from the Catalyst fund. Sustainable Thinking Scotland (STS) has become the first social enterprise in
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 Modern farming relies heavily on agritech. From using technologies like blockchain to measure the food supply chain, to having IoT sensors placed in the ground to test
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last week, a report by Bain & Co. said the Indian e-commerce market grew by 25% to reach USD 38 billion in the financial year
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
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