Here we profile some of the interesting companies and new technologies being developed in the agri-tech cluster.
Losing sheep in a snowdrift or when about to give birth creates a severe economic loss to upland farmers, now a new ultra lightweight tracking device
Do you want to know the outcome of the 2018 harvest? Map of Agriculture has already made its predictions across multiple crop types, using numerous
To survive in a complex world humans have evolved the skill to extract information quickly from patterns. This ability is exploited by infographics, and After the flood is now taking this type of data visualisation to a new dimension with artificial intelligence.
Connecting Food is developing an authentication system based on block-chain technology that would allow food operators to get real-time insight into whether a given product meets End Product Specifications (EPS).
Express Weather has developed a decision support system called Farmneed that quantifies weather risk in agriculture. The innovative application is device agnostic and delivers bespoke content on weather and early warning for disease and pest infestation.
“There’s this perception that with the Internet of Things everything has to be very lofty and large scale, but there are so many very basic
“We can’t eliminate soil compaction from our fields, but with careful planning and clever technology, we can permanently minimise the area that it affects,” says
To help evaluate the impact of the eloclear fogging process, Ozo Innovations is working with a number of fresh produce packing companies in a range of
Purchasing farm inputs can be time consuming, as the options are not always clear for securing the best deal. Yagro solves this problem by connecting
Although cassava is an important part of the diet for 800 million people in Africa, shortage of equipment for processing has meant production has been
“Omnia Precision software mirrors the way farmers and agronomists think when they look at a field,” says Oliver Wood, Precision Farming Technology Manager at Hutchinsons.
As consumer preferences for potatoes become more specific, with both small (salad) and large (bakers) premium products the number of potatoes that a farmer can