Some inspirational thinkers share their views of different aspects of agri-tech.
“Plant breeding makes a huge difference in virtually every area of everybody’s life,” says Dr Penny Maplestone, CEO of the British Society of Plant Breeders
Yield and quality can be improved, within the existing fertilizer budget, by a move to Biological Farming. Soil and tissue testing are essential to assess
“We are talking to large growers and agricultural businesses to find out how we can work together,” says George Hooper, Business Development Manager at Lockheed
What were your results like this year? Could you do better? Getting higher quality and quantity from the crop with more strategic use of inputs
“I’m not a great mover in those kinds of circles,” says William Martin, referring to his fellow presenters at the upcoming Agri-Tech East REAP Conference
“Innovative new thinking is integral to the future of agriculture and we see the digital overtaking the physical,” says David Hickie, Technology Lead for FMCG at PA
The big challenge for early stage entrepreneurs, seeking venture capital, is to become a compelling storyteller. To persuade a potential investor you need to create
Dr Lydia Smith is Head of the NIAB Innovation Farm. Although much of her time is now spent managing the research, she has recently returned
Field pathogenomics, which uses genetics alongside traditional disease assessment to identify different races or groups of fungi, is giving new insights into rust fungi, a
A major milestone in crop breeding was announced recently: researchers have made significant progress in unravelling the secrets of the complex wheat genome, which is
According to Dr Ian Bedford, an entomologist at the John Innes Centre, slugs are not only a nuisance, but they can be “quite a dangerous
Minister for Life Sciences, George Freeman MP, came to Cambridgeshire during Agri-Tech Week to officially open the new Eastern AgriGate Research Hub, at Hasse Fen