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Crop17 to support development of medical cannabis

The worldwide legal cannabis industry generated revenues in the region of £11.5bn in 2019 and is expected to grow to around £35bn by 2024. The potential margins from growing medical cannabis are more lucrative per gram for a grower than strawberries.

Crop17 is a new initiative to support the develop medical cannabis facilities, launched by Savills in partnership with Hanway Associates, a leading cannabis strategic consultancy and CambridgeHOK, an innovative glass-house builder.

17/02/2020

Sencrop networked weather stations to help improve water quality at source

To help Hertfordshire farmers improve their decision making around when best to apply pesticides and fertilisers, Affinity Water is funding a network of Sencrop weather stations that measure real time and anticipated rainfall as well as wind speeds.

31/01/2020

Top tips for farmers investing in agri-tech

Fast developing agri-tech, from robotic pickers to fitness trackers for cows, has the potential to make UK farms more profitable while benefiting the environment, but a new report from NFU Mutual warns that political uncertainty and worries over future government support for agriculture is holding back investment in the latest technological developments. It offers advice to farmers considering investment.

27/01/2020

Robert Price-Jones first trial of Actiphage for bovine TB

As bovine TB reaches record levels in Wales permission is given for first trial of PBD Biotech’s Actiphage® blood test

Vet Robert Price-Jones comments in a BBC interview that the blood test Actiphage offers the potential for eradicating bovine TB from the farm: “Early identification of animals at risk of bovine TB enables effective disease management and control.”

03/01/2020

Small Robot Company's next generation Tom design at Leckford Estate

Small Robot Company zaps weeds with world’s first non-chemical robotic weeder

Small Robot Company in partnership with RootWave has developed ‘Dick’ the world’s first non-chemical weeding robot that uses electricity and AI to zap individual weeds in the field. Early field trials of the prototype will start in 2020.

06/12/2019

AI at the edge tackles ‘green on green’ weed challenge

Fafaza, is a precision crop spraying technology that performs plant recognition and individual treatment in real time. It has been developed by innovation specialist Cambridge Consultants.

21/11/2019

Which flowers do bees prefer? Portable sequencer provides answers

To understand which flowers are important for bees, scientists from the Earlham Institute (EI), with the University of East Anglia (UEA), have developed a new method to rapidly identify the sources of bee pollen.

21/11/2019

Complete genome of devastating soybean pathogen assembled

Asian soybean rust has a devastating impact on soybean, an internationally important crop with 346 million tonnes produced globally. Now its complex genome has been assembled providing an opportunity for new types of control.

21/11/2019

Campaign to find world’s longest running agricultural experiments

Results from long-running agricultural experiments are being made openly available to other scientists by the Global Long-Term Agricultural Experiment Network to support greater collaboration between projects and foster the discovery of new insights.

21/11/2019

Applying genomics to the real world – how to innovate with Earlham Institute

At the cutting-edge of bioscience, Earlham Institute is inviting those with a business idea or project that needs scientific expertise to their next EI Innovate event on 13 November 2019

23/10/2019

INNO-VEG launches – chance to hear more at REAP

INNO-VEG is focussed on vegetables and potatoes it aims to facilitate the wider use of crop sensing technology in field trials, there will be a chance to talk to the UK lead partner ADAS at REAP

17/10/2019

Hummingbird Technologies launched at REAP Start-up Showcase attracts funding from BASF and TELUS Ventures

#BFA19 Finalist: Hummingbird Technologies, featured in the REAP 2016 Start-up Showcase, has just announced it has attracted investment from BASF and TELUS Ventures. Hummingbird Technologies analyses images of fields captured by aerial vehicles including drones and satellites to provide insights for precision agriculture.

15/10/2019

Member News

Crop17 to support development of medical cannabis

Sencrop networked weather stations to help improve water quality at source

Top tips for farmers investing in agri-tech

As bovine TB reaches record levels in Wales permission is given for first trial of PBD Biotech’s Actiphage® blood test

Small Robot Company zaps weeds with world’s first non-chemical robotic weeder

AI at the edge tackles ‘green on green’ weed challenge

Which flowers do bees prefer? Portable sequencer provides answers

Complete genome of devastating soybean pathogen assembled

Campaign to find world’s longest running agricultural experiments

Applying genomics to the real world – how to innovate with Earlham Institute

INNO-VEG launches – chance to hear more at REAP

Hummingbird Technologies launched at REAP Start-up Showcase attracts funding from BASF and TELUS Ventures

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