Nitrogen enriched slurry to cut carbon footprint and boost yields
Our technology can cut the carbon footprint of a dairy farm by 27% – N2 Applied
26/02/2021
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Here we profile some of the interesting companies and new technologies being developed in the agri-tech cluster.
Our technology can cut the carbon footprint of a dairy farm by 27% – N2 Applied
Jack Farmer LettUsGrow explains how aeroponic Drop & Grow container farms can revolutionise the way we feed urban populations.
The Willand Intelligent Livestock System offers the potential for methane and carbon capture.
Improving bee health, BeeSecure translates vibrations to provide early alerts.
“Forestry and Land Scotland has strong ambitions to grow millions more trees, but they simply don’t have enough trees to meet demand,” says Phillip Ayres of Elsoms Seeds, speaking about recent experiments ahead of October’s Agroforestry webinar.
“There’s a skills shortage for protected cropping,” Jock explains. “We’re looking to create a vibrant protected cropping industry in the UK by licensing our large-scale vertical hydroponics facilities… and our customers will also require skilled operators to manage these facilities.”
NovaExtraction has created low-energy extractor that is gaining interest as a means to gain a high yield of cannabidiol (CBD) from leaves of Cannabis sativa. The company will be opening a showroom shortly.
Could an urban sky farm sustainably feed half of Battersea? Tom Cox thinks it could, he will present his vertical farm-of-the-future at our CEA event
Viticulture is labour intensive. Abby Rose had the idea of using an app to capture the information and share it with others. SectorMentor is now used on over 100 farms and Vidacycle’s community lead Annie Landless discusses the toolkit at a Pollinator event.