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About YIF

YIF organises free to attend, informal visits and meetings between early career individuals from a variety of backgrounds with a shared interest in agricultural innovation, including farm practice, consultancy, technology development and research. Bringing the group together around innovative and pioneering locations we endeavour to generate conversation, inspire participants, new thinking and collaborations while also bridging the gap between research and production.

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. Get a taste of our most recent one held in March 2020 by watching the video.

We recognise the need for greater connections between farmers and scientists. By making connections with scientists, farmers have the opportunity to have input into the research process, communicate the challenges they experience and to understand what research is being undertaken. For their part, scientists are mandated to demonstrate the impact of their research and be better connected with the end-users to enhance their studies. In many cases, a gulf exists between the research and producer communities, particularly in terms of vocabulary, culture and understanding each others’ drivers and challenges. YIF provides an opportunity to tackle this.

YIF is kindly sponsored by The Morley Agricultural Foundation (TMAF). TMAF is a charity which hosts and facilitates agricultural research and education, much of it on its own farm. The research is carried out by a number of bodies including the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) and the John Innes Centre (JIC).

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Please find details of our upcoming events below. If you wish to find out more information and book your place on the visit please click on the ‘Book now’ button below the visit of your choice. You can register for more than more event in your email.

For any enquiries or if you would like to host a visit please contact fiona.rust@agri-tech-e.co.uk.

POSTPONED- Register interest to receive new date 26th April  4pm-6pm

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Bawburgh, Norfolk

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Dorothea de Winton Field Station

Explore field trials, labs & cutting-edge facilities used for research contributing to making major crops more nutritious, disease resistant & climate resilient.We will be hearing from a range of scientists who are running trials on the site about their work.

We will hear about research around: the control of the development of wheat spikes, identifying wheat root traits to benefit soil health and wheat productivity, as well as genome editing for Crop improvement and research around use of drones.

The visit will be hosted inside and Covid precautions will be adhered. Following the tour and presentations there will be time for networking and refreshments.

 

24th October 5pm-6.30pm

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Wissington, Norfolk

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British Sugar – Wissington Factory

Join us for a tour of the Wissington factory to understand sugar production in the UK as well as the work British Sugar are doing to develop a Circular Economy.

The visit will be hosted inside and Covid precautions will be adhered. Following the tour and presentations there will be time for networking and refreshments.

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Careers in Agriculture - Unique, exciting & varied

Across the Agri-TechE membership are examples of the varied career opportunities which agriculture and agri-tech can offer. It is sometimes hard to know what those opportunities are though and how to get on the right career pathway.

We have interviewed individuals from companies from within the Agri-TechE membership to find out: what their job entails, their career path to this point, where they see their role developing in the future and their experience of agriculture as a sector. We also specifically asked all interviewees about their thoughts on joining agriculture from a non-ag background and what their advice would be to individuals in this position.

“Thank you Google!”

Rozzi Martin, Combinable Fungicide Campaign Manager, Bayer Crop Science

Without a Google search, Rozzi may not have ended up on the Bayer Graduate Scheme which has led her to the role she is in now. Find out more about how career journey and the opportunities gained through the Grad Scheme.

“I do feel very fortunate that there is such variability in my job role”

Tom McClelland, Precision Farming Manager, Allpress Farms Ltd

Tom’s role may see him still working on a farm but in a more diverse role which encompasses overseeing field trials, data collection and R&D.

“Now is a great time to immerse yourself”

Sam Clayton, AgRecruit, Founder and Chief Finder of People

Sam talks about agriculture as a tech sector, the opportunities for those looking for tech roles and how to make yourself attractive to an ag employer without an ag background.

From agri-sales to neuroscience lecturer to R&D Facilitator

Mike Salter, AB Agri, R&D Facilitator

Mike has had a hugely varied career but a passion for science has always been the driving force.

Blogs and Past Event Reports

  • YIF Newsletter - February 2021
    Find out what events and opportunities there are through the Young Innovators' Forum.
  • YIF Newsletter - September 2021
    Find out what events and opportunities there are through the Young Innovators' Forum.
  • Orchard - focus on fruit
    Blog: Bx Technologies
    A summary of our very first virtual YIF visit with Adam Slate from Bx Technologies talking about their work in climate tech in orchards.
  • Blog: Gorgate Farms Ltd
    Blackcurrants + British Farmers = Ribena! A review of our recent visit to Gorgate Farms Ltd written by Isac Omar who is studying MSc Agriculture & Development at University of Reading.
  • Agri-TechE Young Innovators' Forum
    Blog: RAGT Seeds
    Blog kindly written by James Fortune, a PhD student from University of Hertfordshire who attended the Young Innovators’ forum visit to RAGT Seeds on 27 May in Ickleton nr, Cambridge.
  • Young Innovators' Forum May 2021 - Newsletter
    Find out what events and opportunities there are through the Young Innovators' Forum.
  • David Jones, Morley Farm Manager and John Wallace, Morley Agricultural Foundation Chairman, showed the attendees around the farm.
    Young Innovators' Forum Conference 2020: Innovation to Balance Conservation and Farming
    Find out about our 2020 Young Innovators Conference.
  • YIF Newsletter - February 2020
    Our February Young Innovators' Forum is out ...find out more about what's in it.
  • Blog: Sainsbury Lab Cambridge University and Algal Innovation Centre
    At the end of January we hosted a Young Innovators’ Forum (YIF) visit to the Sainsbury Lab and Algal Innovation Centre, Cambridge University.
  • Blog: Upper Wensum Cluster Farm Group
    Recently I was able to visit Pudding Norton Farm which is run by Robert Hambidge as part of a Young Innovators’ Forum visit.
  • YIF Twitter image
    YIF Newsletter - August 2019
    After a few months off - YIF is back. Since our last visit in February we have been very busy working on YIF to make it bigger and better than ever. With more visits to...
  • Young Innovators' Forum - why you should be involved
    Young Innovators' Forum - why should you be involved?
    In days gone by scientists who studied crops in the lab may never have set foot on a farm and farmers may never have spoken to a crop scientist. Thankfully things have changed a...
  • David Jones - Mind the Gap between science and farming
    When was the last time you communicated with someone outside of your sector – this morning, yesterday, last week?
  • Young Innovators' Forum newsletter signup
    Young Innovators' Newsletter Signup
    Sign up for the YIF newsletter here, or view previous mailings.
  • Science in the field - Elveden shows on-farm innovation
    Elveden Technical Manager, Emma Kelcher, is passionate about using research to improve the quality of produce from field to packhouse and beyond.
  • Young Innovators' Forum: Farming in Stretham
    Funmi Ladejobi, joined us to visit a highly innovative farm with a unique irrigation and water management system and robotics potato packaging system.
  • Thomas Mountain
    The future of farming: integrating tradition and tech
    I don’t think it’s an unfair generalisation to say that the younger generation are more technologically interested and astute, says Thomas Mountain
  • Young Innovators’ Forum: AgriScience Conference 2018
    Last week we held the second Young Innovators’ Forum AgriScience Conference, with help from NIAB. Once again descending on The Morley Agricultural Foundation, 40 innovators came to learn more about new agri-tech technologies and...
  • Young Innovators' Forum May Newsletter
    Take a look at the latest newsletter for our Young Innovators' Forum - with news of upcoming events, blog about our recent visit, and opportunities in science and farming you might be interested in. If...
  • Interactive conference for inspiring innovators
    You won't be sitting down at our Young Innovators' Forum conference. The theme is "Leading Change Through Innovation", and it will include interactive sessions, workshops and tips on how to communicate better through film. Save...
  • Bayer hosts Young Innovators Forum at local research farm
    Twenty early-career researchers, agronomists and farmers have visited Bayer’s Chishill Research Farm as part of Agri-Tech East's Young Innovators' Forum.  Bayer is the latest member of Agri-Tech East to host the Young Innovators' Forum. The...
  • Young Innovator's Forum: Stephen Temple's Anaerobic Digester
    For our latest visit, our Norfolk YIF-ers were treated to a visit to Stephen Temple’s anaerobic digester and Mrs Temple’s Cheese’s Production. Alongside its AD and cheese production, the farm of 230 hectares includes a...
  • YIF Blog: AgriScience Conference
    Blog courtesy of Bayer Crop Science - see the full blog here. In March, we launched our first Young Innovators Forum conference for early career stage researchers and farmers at Morley Agribusiness Centre, in partnership with...
  • YIF Blog: May Mushroom Farm, G's Growers
    Fun at the FUNgi Farm..! (Thanks George!) Our latest YIF visit took us to a mushroom farm on a relatively warm November evening. May Farm, run by G’s Grower’s, sits outside Ely and produces 35...
  • YIF Blog: Muntons Ingredients
    This October, we took our YIF group to Muntons Ingredients, who are a leading global player in the supply of malt, malt extracts and other malted ingredients for the food production industry. They also...
  • YIF Blog: KWS Seed Breeders
    This July, KWS UK Ltd. was the most recent host of our Young Innovator’s Forum in Cambridge. KWS are one of the leading global seed breeders (of 36 varieties on the recommended list, 15...
  • The Agri-Tech East Young Innovators' Forum at KWS
    Young Innovators at KWS
    A visit to global plant breeding company KWS by the Young Innovators' Forum was very successful, with loads of questions being asked. One of the core aims of Agri-Tech East is to help connect the innovation...
  • Agri-Tech East is two years old!
    Every challenge creates opportunity
    Agri-Tech East is two years old! Necessity is the mother of invention, they say, and these challenging times are driving innovation. As Agri-Tech East celebrates its second birthday we are seeing the agri-tech sector expanding...
  • Norfolk Show showcase local producers
    YIF Blog: Cornerways Nursery
    On a lovely sunny day in June 2016, we took a group of young farmers from Norfolk Young Farmer’s club, and young scientists from The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC) and John Innes Centre, to...
  • Agri-Tech East members at Cereals
    AHDB at Cereals 2015 Thinking about maple beans this year? Determined to cultivate a well structured soil next year?  Moving into energy crops?  Interested in local weather conditions? Want to know how farmers in the...
  • Inspiring Generation Y at Cereals
    Agri-Tech East’s Young Innovators' Forum bridges lab and land Could keeping wheat foliage green until the end of harvest boost yields? This is just one of the research projects to be discussed at a special...
  • Muck, magic and beer
    “The discussion at the end was particularly interesting - being able to put across all of our issues in the industry to the scientists themselves.” This was a comment from one Norfolk Young Farmer following our Young...
  • YIF Blog: Visit to The Genome Analysis Centre
    Our latest venture for the Young Innovator’s Forum took us to TGAC, or The Genome Analysis Centre (TGAC)  (now known as Earlham Institute) on the Norwich Research Park. A combination of 40 young farmers...
  • YIF Blog: The Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge
    Blog courtesy of  The Department of Plant Sciences, Cambridge University An informal get-together for Plant scientist and young Farmers Discovering the importance of scientist/grower relationships, what’s taking place in plant growth facilities & the practical applications, and...

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