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  • December 14, 2021
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Agri-TechE’s December Newsletter

A warm welcome to our final newsletter of 2021 – after what has been a full-on year for all those working across the agri-food value chain. We’d like to wish you all a very happy and healthy festive season and can’t wait to see you in 2022.

In this edition:

• How feasible is the electrification of UK agriculture? Read our opinion piece to find out
 • Diary dates for 2022 – think light, grass, a “trip” to the UAE, and a first-hand chance to see on-farm innovations in action.
 • Meet a member – an introduction to some of our members, part of the UK’s largest agri-tech innovation ecosystem
 • A look back at our top three blogs from 2021 as we reflect on the year

Don't miss out!

Silal Abu Dhabi increase crop resilience

Agri-Tech Express – Introducing Silal

12th January 2022 – online

Silal, a new company owned by the UAE government, is seeking “desert-tech” solutions to improve food security in challenging growing environments. With finance and incubation space available there is an opportunity for scale-up technology for wider adoption. Learn more about Silal’s partnership strategy and how a “soft-landing” is guaranteed for those entering the market. Free for members, £15 for non members.

Register here.

Top News and Events

Nutrition

A year in review - top blogs from 2021

2021 has been another rollercoaster of a year for everyone, professionally and personally – but we wanted to take the time to look back on some of the positive stories readers have particularly liked during the year:

March – Agri-Tech Investment Survives Pandemic

June – It’s About Time

July – National Food Strategy highlights agri-tech as a facilitator

There’s also been some really exciting news coming from members – great investment stories, product launches, research spin-outs and general success stories showing the strength of the agri-tech industry.

Let there be light

Let There Be Light – Powering Plant Production

22nd February 2022 – University of Essex

Light is the power behind plant production. At this event hosted at The Essex Plant Innovation Centre discover a spectrum of solutions designed to deliver or enhance light to optimise plant performance, with talks, demonstrations and (Covid guidelines permitting) a tour of EPIC. A must for those growing plants in controlled environment or broad acre systems.

Read more.

Innovating for ELMS

22nd March 2022 – Rothamsted Research

Technology solutions to help farmers to embrace the potential of the new Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS). These schemes aim to support the rural economy to deliver ecosystem services and build natural capital. Join us for a series of talks and a workshop to explore innovations that will enable farmers to achieve the ambitious targets on farm.

Book now.

Meet Our Members!

New and Renewing Members

New Members:   Mills & Reeve |  Natural Apptitude

Renewing Members:  AHDB |  Allpress Farms |  Better Origins |  Brown & Co |  Double |  Earlham Institute  |  Earlymarket   |  Euston Estate  |  Iceni Diagnostics |  J A Kemp LLP |  Jonathan Tole Consulting |  Natural Resources Institute |  Oost NL |  Outfield |  PBD Biotech |  Sentry Limited |  Taylor Vinters |  Wroot Water

Meet our members

Each month we will be showcasing 6 of our members. Click on their logo to find out more about them through their member pages.

Aponic

Designed, developed and manufacture a vertical soilless growing system that uses 90% less water than traditional growing method

Professional service provider across agriculture and the environment, as well as rural, commercial & residential property

Potato crop management from the ground up, using data to benchmark potato crop performance from seed to harvest

Earlham Institute

Research institute focused on exploring living systems with computational science and biotechnology

Fram Farmers

An extension to farm offices, with industry professionals purchasing and marketing core agricultural inputs and outputs

Soil Moisture Sense

Providers of crop data and decision support services, with over 30 years of experience in crop monitoring

Other News and Events

Dates for your Diary:

  • Applications will open next month to join the prestigious Innovation Hub at the Royal Norfolk Show on the 29th and 30th June 2022.
  • Farm “Net-walking” – join us on 4th March at Upton Suffolk Farms and Rookery Farm in May to learn about new trials and innovations
  • Young Innovators’ Forum Conference – 10th  March

 

Where are we going to be?

Agri-TechE Director Belinda will be chairing a session at the Oxford Real Farming Conference on Thursday 6th January in the “Diverse Crops” session.

See you in 2022!

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