Deloitte has approached Agri-TechE to help promote the Gravity Challenge: Adopting Space Technologies Down on Earth, an innovation programme facilitating access to satellite data, supporting its usage and offering the chance to work with potential end-users.
The agri-tech innovation pipeline remains full, and the need for activities to help showcase new, evidence-based opportunities to farmers has probably never been stronger. However the relationship between tech developer and early adopter needs to managed carefully to ensure both partners gain mutual benefit.
Johnathan Ransom of Square Mile Farms started with the concept of ‘flat pack farms’ for urban areas and now, through its Office Farming model, is bringing vertical, urban farms to the workplaces of big businesses to help them achieve their sustainability and employee wellbeing goals. The company is opening a crowdfunding round.
Vertical farming and controlled environment farming will feature in a forthcoming Agri-TechE event
Outdated restrictions that prevent hemp farmers from processing and extracting CBD from the leaves and flowers of hemp, is excluding British farmers from participating in the rapidly-growing CBD market, leaving the UK reliant on imports, according to Alastair Moore, co-founder and Director of Hanway Associates. The company recently presented at Agri-TechE’s well attended ‘Farmer to Pharma’, a teaser for a bigger event to come soon.
Growers of alternative crops, from oats to onions to herbs, are coming together in the upcoming webinar ‘Novel and Alternative Crops – Improving the rotation and the bottom line’…
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A new dairy response fund will open for applications on 18 June, Farming Minister Victoria Prentis confirmed today.
Johne’s disease costs the Canadian dairy industry an estimated $90 million a year through loss of production. PBD Biotech has gained funding from the Canadian government to progress development of its unique Actiphage test for mycobacterial diseases to address this major economic issue.
Iceni Diagnostics has gained InnovateUK funding to accelerate development of its triage test for coronavirus that would enable large numbers of people to be quickly tested on the spot. Allowing negative-response individuals to return to their normal work-life activities.
A computer vision system to predict outbreaks of diseases such as botrytis and mildew in strawberry crops, has gained funding from a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP).
The joint project between Wilkin & Sons and the University of Essex aims to monitor and prevent disease.
Climate impact of grass-fed herds in pastures, that include white clover, are less than previous IPPC estimates, which are based on collated data not direct measurement and underestimate the reduction in microbial activity.