Agri-tech is rapidly changing with new developments all the time. Below are original stories generated by Agri-TechE.
Do you want to help save the world? The GROW agri-hackathon is providing unprecedented access to comprehensive datasets for hackers to model and test their solutions to agriculture’s biggest challenges.
Robotic harvesters, advanced sensors, pollinator attractants, an online market place to reduce waste, and decision support systems for improved traceability and productivity – are among the technologies to be presented by members of Agri-Tech East, in an exciting new Innovation Insights feature at Fruit Focus.
Start-ups 30MHz, Breedr and LettUs Grow are part of a new breed of technology companies aiming to improve productivity and sustainability in agriculture, but they will be quick to stress at CWIC 2019 that domain knowledge has been essential for success.
As the cost of technology for sensing and monitoring falls and powerful computing power becoming more available Smart Farming becomes closer to the field. New and emerging technologies on show in the Innovation Hub
Feeding people well is as important as feeding people enough – producing safe, nutritious and sustainable food should be a priority, to ensure the health
Agri-Tech East members Hummingbird Technologies and Itaka Crop Solution are to join the Canadian HARVEST programme organised by SREDA. It includes participation in Ag in Motion, Western Canada’s largest Outdoor Farm Expo
The week of Cereals is usually a hot one – but we will leave the prediction to our members such as Prodata Weather Systems and Sencrop that will be exhibiting at the show!
WWF has joined Barclays Eagle Labs and BASF as sponsors of the second GROW Agri-hackathon.
The work AMT Fruit is doing with AgriGrub is one of a number of inspirational approaches that use waste from one process as input to another.
“South Korea can be a base camp to enable UK companies to develop technology for Asian countries,” Professor Kyeong-Hwan Lee, of Chonnam National University, South Korea, says ahead of REAP 2020. A delegation of companies are attending and Professor Lee is establishing a science park
In 30-60 years we could lose all the fertile peat topsoil from East Anglia ¬ ‘the food basket of the UK’ – given current land management practices and a changing climate. To encourage new thinking Agri-Tech East is launching an agri-hackathon.
The Innovation Hub this year will be looking towards the connected farm where sensors and monitors provide early warning of risks from disease, weeds and adverse weather, autonomous machines support 24/7 cultivation, and prevention and resilience are key management strategies.