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Breedr virtual supply chain

Breedr’s virtual value-chain for livestock production supports NFU’s targets

John Royle Chief Livestock adviser, NFU, comments: “The recent crisis has shown the urgency of upgrading meat value-chains so they are fit for the 21st century … The online network developed by Breedr supports the NFU’s target to reach net zero by 2040. It is creating a virtual supply chain that builds confidence and trust between producers and processors…”

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11/05/2020
New test could guarantee the perfect avocado

Cranfield University’s new test could guarantee the perfect avocado

A technique developed and tested by Cranfield University for measuring the ripeness of avocados using vibrations could reduce waste by up to 10% and help fulfil consumer demand for ready-to-eat fruit.

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08/05/2020
SlugBot aims to put an end to slimy pests

SlugBot aims to put an end to slimy pests

SlugBot is an exciting new project that aims to develop an innovative robotic technology for autonomous slug monitoring and precision treatment of bio-molluscicides.

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07/05/2020
ImpacTrack is Tried and Tested with Positive Results

ImpacTrack goes undercover to reveal causes of fruit damage

Results from a datalogger –  the shape of a fruit –  have unveiled how fresh produce is damaged on processing lines.  Insights from ImpacTrack could help reduce the estimated 40 million tonnes of fresh produce that are being wasted each year in Europe; because it doesn’t meet strict quality control standards.

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06/05/2020
Phytoponics secures £500,000 to scale commercial trials

Phytoponics secures £500,000 to scale commercial trials

Hydroponics company Phytoponics has just completed a £500,000 equity financing round. The company specialises in Deep Water Culture systems, where plant growing modules are kept oxygenated by built in aerators and serviced by a computerised nutrient control system. A major produce grower, Edward Baarda Limited, has become the first commercial grower in the UK to deploy Phytoponics technology at scale.

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05/05/2020
Cambridge companies unite to meet the COVID-19 ventilator challenge

Cambridge companies unite to meet the COVID-19 ventilator challenge in 6 weeks

Cambridge Consultants is one of five specialist medical device organisations, which as part of a Cambridge consortium, is to rapidly develop and manufacture ventilators in 6 weeks to meet increased hospital requirements, caused by COVID-19.

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24/04/2020
MycoNourish raises funding to improve crop production with innovative customised microbes

MycoNourish raises funding to improve crop production with innovative customised microbes

Around 10 percent of strawberry production goes to waste as it doesn’t meet the quality standards required for retail. To address this, biotechnology company MycoNourish has gained £150k of funding to develop its first two products that harnesses the power of beneficial microbes.

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24/04/2020
Open Innovation in a Time of Covid-19

Open innovation in a time of COVID-19

“Necessity is the mother of invention,” according to Greek philosopher Plato, and never have we had more need of invention and innovation than in the middle of a global pandemic. Agri-TechE has long been an advocate of “open innovation” and this is fast-tracking a response to the challenges created by COVID-19

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22/04/2020
Prof Simon Pearson, LIAT, Robot Highways

Uncertainty in food supply fast tracks innovation in agricultural automation

The COVID-19 crisis has shown the fragility of food supply chains and accelerated the labour challenges for the agricultural industry – generating a sense of urgency for new methods of automating agricultural processes.

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22/04/2020
Mantle Labs

Geobotanics crop yield prediction system offered free during COVID-19 crisis

To help suppliers provide more accurate predictions of crop yield Mantle Labs, in collaboration with Agri-EPI Centre,  is offering its unique ‘Geobotanics’ platform to retailers and others involved in the supply chain, free-of-charge for a period of three months.

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22/04/2020
LettUs Grow - aeroponic systems

LettUs Grow digs for victory with aeroponic farm modules

LettUs Grow, an indoor farming technology provider, is fast-tracking the building of two vertical farm modules in the city of Bristol during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The Innovate vertical farm will produce fresh food in 10 days and will donate the fresh produce to those in need in Bristol

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22/04/2020
UEA launch project to 3D print ventilator parts and masks

UEA launch project to 3D print ventilator parts and masks

3D printing of masks and ventilator parts and repurposing facilities to make hand sanitiser gel for the NHS in Norfolk and beyond are some of the UEA projects

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21/04/2020
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