
Great response to GROW
An exciting diversity of business ideas have registered for the GROW business plan competition and the entrepreneurs have now been paired up with their mentors
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An exciting diversity of business ideas have registered for the GROW business plan competition and the entrepreneurs have now been paired up with their mentors
An increase in deadly “cereal killers” – rust fungi that are affecting resistant wheat strains – is a growing concern. Wheat, one of the most
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
The ‘Kranich’ yellow rust race has been detected in the UK for the first time, AHDB has announced in its Crop Research News. As a
How do you turn a good idea into an early-stage business? GROW 2016 is the UK’s only agri-tech business plan competition, and aims to encourage
Is it possible to grow lettuces underground? As pressure increases to find new ways to grow perishable goods to improve market response and reduce waste
3D visualisations of landscapes, real time data on water quality and levels, market data on stocks of cereals held on farms and usage of cereals
“We are keen to engage with the agri-tech community and are active members of Agri-Tech East,” comments Helen Francis, Research Manager and Knowledge Transfer Facilitator
It is so mild this year that everything has sprouted early and in some places blackgrass is already above the crops. Across the region farmers will
Arlabion is an agri-tech startup developing new generation seed treatment products – fungal inhibitors and plant activators – for sustainable crop management. Ella Kalnina, company co-founder, was
VentureFest, part of the Innovate UK series of events, is to come to the east of England for the first time. It offers an opportunity
A plant protein that detects hormones in smoke can also detect microscopic soil fungi which colonise plants and feed nutrients to their cells. This ancient