We are continuing to monitor the situation regarding coronavirus in relation to our events in the coming year. We will act in accordance with current guidance, but at this time please assume all events will be hosted virtually.
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January 2021
Agri-TechE Missions – Automating Agriculture: Opportunity for UK Agri-Tech to help US Fruit & Vegetable Growers
For US fruit and vegetable growers a key priority is harvest automation, which is the basis of Agri-TechE's partnership with Western Growers announced at the REAP conference.
Find out more »February 2021
Agri-TechE Member Event: Envisioning net zero futures for the Agri-Food sector
We’re really excited to invite Agri-TechE members to join us for an exclusive event where we will collaboratively participate in a creativity workshop aimed at helping us think in new ways about the future of the agri-food system and our roles within it.
Find out more »Agri-Tech Express with Lexington Communications – Trade issues affecting agri-tech
The UK’s Agri-Tech sector has all of the ingredients to become world-leading, but at present the political and regulatory landscape is holding the sector back from achieving this status.
Find out more »Controlled Environment Agriculture – The Industry is Growing Up
With talks, panel sessions, discussion and exhibition opportunities, as well as an update on the progress of the global vertical farming industry, we’ll be celebrating the success so far and exploring the bottlenecks still to be busted.
Find out more »March 2021
Young Innovators’ Forum Conference
Since 2015 we’ve visited a range of organisations including the Earlham Institute sequencing DNA, a mushroom farm in Littleport, vegetable sorting and packing plant to an anaerobic digestor. You can find out more about these visits from our previous events blogs which you can find below as well as upcoming visits. In addition we hold an annual conference focusing on relevant topics and issues. Sign up to the quarterly newsletter for updates on our 2021 Conference.
Find out more »Agri-TechE Missions: Opportunities & partnerships in Poland and Central Europe
In spite of the strong links in agriculture and food between the UK and Poland, there's a tremendous opportunity for British agri-tech businesses to help support the development of the sector in Poland and neighbouring countries, and Agri-TechE's event on March 18 will provide an opportunity for just that.
Find out more »Putting the N in FarmiNg—SolutioNs for On-Farm NitrogeN Production
Pressure is growing to find new ways of producing nitrogen and reducing dependency on chemical synthesis of this important nutrient via the Haber process. Harnessing biological and physico-chemical approaches to the problem is yielding some exciting opportunities for production of alternatives to synthetic fertilisers. Join us and learn how to make fertiliser from air and water, fix nitrogen from the air into soil, and how to provide a nitrogen turbo-charge for fields.
Find out more »April 2021
Data Management – More Than A Numbers Game
The role and impact of data on the way we produce food and manage the environment is gaining faster traction among farmers, land managers and the wider supply chain. Yet still the data tsunami threatens to overwhelm if it isn’t managed properly and carefully. Join us for some case studies of tech companies and farm businesses who are working together to ensure the data makes a difference.
Find out more »May 2021
From Farmer to Pharma – The Potential for Medicinal Plant Production
This is your opportunity to meet the key players in the value chain and learn more about the agronomy of these crops, new variety development, processing solutions and needs, regulatory requirements and potential routes to market.
Find out more »Improving Farm Safety With Innovative Agri-Tech
Remote sensing and monitoring, communications technology and automation are being deployed to help make agriculture a safer industry. Hear about some of the latest tools to help improve the safety track record around managing livestock and arable, as well as in controlled environment conditions. We’ll be highlighting some of the latest new products, tools and services, as well as hearing from farmers what they’d like to see to make their working lives even safer.
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