Agri-Business
Dutch company secures €40m loan to end culling of male chicks
Dutch agri-tech company, In Ovo has entered a €40 million loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to end...
Agri-Tech
Agri-Business
New project to tackle supermarket waste by reducing potato bruising
A new collaborative project is aiming to reduce the risk of potato bruising through technology to help reduce supermarket waste....
Agri-Business
AgriTech event to highlight importance of reaching food security
The South West AgriTech Showcase will exhibit how critical British farmers are to the UK food supply chain, and how...
Agri-Business
From microbials to nanosatellites: Meet the 17 start-ups driving the agri-tech revolution
The inventors behind 17 agri-tech solutions will present their ground-breaking technologies at this year’s virtual World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit. The...
Agri-Business
World Agri-Tech Summit announces start-up innovation challenge
Entries are now open for the World Agri-Tech challenge for start-ups with innovative solutions to support sustainable agriculture. The World...
Agri-Business
Ag-tech experts and growers to create prototype robotic lettuce harvester
Work is underway in the UK to develop a robotic solution to horticultural labour shortages to help secure the harvest...
Agri-Business
NI agri-food to take a leaf from the aerospace industry
Northern Ireland's agri-food industry is to take a leaf from the aerospace industry's book, in harnessing robots within production lines....
Agri-Business
Agri-tech ear-marked as pillar of NI’s post-pandemic ’10X Economy’ plan
Agri-technology has been picked out as one of five pillars central to a new strategy to '10X' Northern Ireland's economy....
Agri-Business
Nine new CAFRE Dairy Technology Demonstration Farms appointed
Nine commercial Northern Ireland dairy farms have been selected to showcase how technology could solve common farm problems and boost...
Agri-Business
Innovation Strategy sets out plan for getting ag-tech on to NI farms
Ag-tech - big data, artificial intelligence and the transformative bio-economy - set to be prioritised for government support for Northern...
Agri-Business
Agri-tech start-up which gives machinery the ‘power of sight’ clinches £75,000 prize fund
An early-stage agri-tech start-up that hopes to make farms safer by giving machinery the "power of sight", has clinched a...
Agri-Business
Lemken reports turnover of €365 million in 2020
Agricultural implement manufacturer Lemken has said its sales have remained steady over the last year, despite the challenges of the...
Agri-Business
New £12 million fund aims to boost investment in UK agriculture
A new £12 million research and innovation fund has been launched across the UK aiming to boost investment in the...
Agri-Business
Walkers crisps to convert waste potato peel into low-carbon fertiliser for growers
UK crisp firm Walkers has joined forces with a clean-tech firm to create low-carbon fertiliser from its waste potato peelings...
Agri-Business
New agri-tech challenge offers £5,000 cash prize
A new agri-tech competition, the Digging for Innovation Challenge, has been launched with a £5000 cash prize. The competition hopes to...
Agri-Business
Agri-tech 'hackathon' seeks solutions to Covid-19’s impact on farming
Registration is now open for an agri-tech ‘hackathon’ aimed at developing technological solutions to problems posed by Covid-19. Winners will...
Agri-Business
Scots project gets funding to develop digital dairy tracing
A digital dairy project led by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been awarded £50,000 in seed-corn funding by UK Research...
Arable
Innovative plant health tool honoured in agri-tech awards
A ‘smart farming’ tool developed by a John Innes Centre researcher to help farmers apply fertiliser more efficiently has been...
