Back to the Future
To mark the 10th anniversary of Agri-TechE we’re proud to release our “Back to the Future” report capturing insights from our community on the evolution and next decade of agri-tech.
Resources
About the Back to the Future Report
“Back to the Future” captures insights from more than 70 contributors across our diverse membership.
Innovative farmers, researchers, tech developers, investors, and business services have reflected on a decade of technological advances and shared their visions for the years ahead.
While our contributors celebrate breakthroughs that have “changed the game,” they also identified emerging challenges, from shifting investment landscapes to regulatory hurdles alongside “calls-to-arms” for transformative industry action.
Our experts provided a rich and complex set of insights, offering a blueprint of what’s needed to sustain – and accelerate – agri-tech innovation. Our findings underscore the need for a refreshed government agri-tech strategy to build on the momentum of the past decade.
Our Back to the Future Report is just the beginning — our contributors’ insights offer a glimpse of the innovation still to come.
Read the full E-Book ‘Back to the Future’ Report below.
Contributions
We invite you to explore individual submissions from our membership organisations made via video, audio podcasts and written articles. We have included each here to enable you to access their views directly and in more detail.
Listen via podcast
You can listen to our AgriChat podcast on Acast below, featuring submissions from our members for Back to the Future.
They are also available on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Samsung, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Watch video interviews
Over the past year the Agri-TechE team was lucky enough to be able to interview many of the contributors – some remotely via video call, some live from farms and businesses.
We have created a YouTube playlist containing all the recordings. You can find them all in this playlist.
Watching the full interviews gives depth and context to some of the ideas featured in the report.
Find individual member contributions
AbacusBio: Making Data-Based decisions
ADAS: Practical Implementation of Disruptive Innovation
Aethr Associates: ESG and Sustainability
The AF Group Limited: No Such Thing as a Typical Farmer
AgRecruit: Finding the Right People
Agrimetrics: Data is the Greatest Accelerant in Ag-tech Innovation
Archipelago Technology: Is Printing the Future for Agri-tech
ARU Writtle: Collaboration to Enable Change
Barenbrug: The Challenge of Futurism with Barenbrug
Ben Burgess: Leveraging Digitisation in Farm Machinery
Better Origin: Achieving the Potential of Insect Rearing
B-hive Innovations Ltd: Integrating Innovation with Existing Practices
Birkett Long: Futureproofing for Innovation
Cambridge Consultants: Cross-Cutting Technologies
CeraPhi Energy: Decarbonising Energy
Citicourt & Co: Agri-TechE Corporate Financing
City College Norwich: Mixing Old Techniques with New Technologies
Cranfield University: Be Inspired by Soils
Delta – T Devices: Environmental Sensing for Agriculture
Eden Search: Agri-TechE Recruitment
eg technology: Understanding Technology Use Cases
Elveden Estate: Putting Data to Work On-Farm
Farmable: Could agri-tech bridge the farming divide?
Frederick Hiam: Avoiding Frustration 101 when Implementing Technology
Future Biogas: Decarbonising Farm Energy
Gardin Ltd: Phenotyping Indoor Crops
GreenStalk: Embracing Game-changing Technology
Home Farm Nacton: Macro Trends on a Micro Scale
Hutchinsons: The Digitised Agronomist
Innovation Agri-TechE Group: Overcoming Barriers to TCEA Adoption: Lighting, AI, and the Path to Sustainable Farming
Institute of Agricultural Engineers: The Evolution of Farming: Precision Technology and the Role of Agricultural Engineers
LettUs Grow: Back to the Future with lettus Grow
LIC: Livestock Breeding and Improvement
Mills & Reeve: Supply Chain Management
Mishcon de Reya: Driving Innovation in Agri-Tech
MTC: Scaling Agri-TechE Adoption
National Institute of Agricultural Botany (Niab): Genetics, Agronomy and Data
Norwich Research Park (NRP): Collaboration and Research
PheroSyn Ltd: Pheromone-Based Integrated Pest Management
Roboscientific: Real-Time Disease Protection
RootWave: Non–Chemical Weed Control
Rothamsted Enterprises: Agri-TechE Innovation and Collaboration
SEAD Artists: Next–Generation Drone Systems
SugaROx: Commercialising Research in Sustainable Biostimulants
University of East Anglia: Researcher reflections
Verdesian Europe & Africa: Future-ready agriculture: embracing bio-stimulants
Vitabeam: Improving Yields whilst Killing Pathogens
Wyld Networks Ltd: Harnessing the Power of Connectivity
Yagro Ltd: Shaping the Future of Farming
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