Our Week in Agri-Tech delivers your essential weekly update on agriculture and technology. From the latest agri-innovation and precision farming tools to sustainability breakthroughs and agtech startup news, we cover the trends shaping the future of farming. Stay informed with expert insights, industry developments, and key stories driving the agri-tech revolution. Perfect for farmers, agtech professionals, and anyone interested in the future of food and farming.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Our Week in Agri-Tech delivers your essential weekly update on agriculture and technology. From the latest agri-innovation and precision farming tools to sustainability breakthroughs and agtech startup news, we cover the trends shaping the future of farming. Stay informed with expert insights, industry developments, and key stories driving the agri-tech revolution. Perfect for farmers, agtech professionals, and anyone interested in the future of food and farming.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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June 26, 2026
A Hot Report from the Royal Norfolk Show
<p>Lots of Defra news to share, plus we talk about trade-offs around global food security, and consider if high-input agriculture still make sense. Plus we welcome some of our latest new members. </p><p> </p><p>This week in the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Agri-TechE</strong></a> round-up:</p><p> </p><p>📣 Defra’s been busy this week. The Farming Roadmap has landed, and we discover what the Government thinks about the 2025 Farming Profitability Review as it releases its official response. Plus £53m more investment in the Farming Innovation Partnership.</p><p> </p><p>💭 Global food security is more than a multi-disciplinary challenge – the discussions being led within the <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>University of Cambridge</strong></a> around resilient, healthy and sustainable food systems. We talked about the balance between diversity vs uniformity, availability vs sustainability, efficiency vs redundancy….where are the trade-offs?</p><p> </p><p>❓ The <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Royal Norfolk Show</strong></a>'s brilliant "Great Debate" this year asks if high-input agriculture has had its day - and kicks off with a thought-provoking ice-breaker question.......</p><p> </p><p>🤖 Our colleague <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Becky Dodds</strong></a> helped bring engineering and farming together - mixed with a dash of skills discussions - future at the the AgriFoRwArdS Agri-Robotics Futures Showcase in <strong>#Lincoln</strong></p><p> </p><p>And welcome to some of our latest new members:</p><p> </p><p>🥔 🍟 Diced, crinkled, curly or straight? We welcome global potato and fries grower and processor, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Lamb Weston</strong></a>. </p><p> </p><p>💡 🪴 Control your lighting and energy in glasshouses using wireless mesh – like a smart remote control and health tracker for greenhouse lights, with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>NETVION</strong></a>. </p><p> </p><p>📊 🚜 A global public record for farm evidence is being built by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/feed/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Proof</strong></a> - working across enterprises, seasons, systems and outcomes. Starting with <strong>#biologicals</strong> and <strong>#biostimulants</strong> in <strong>#arable</strong> agriculture. </p><p> </p><p>News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. </p><br><p>We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. </p><p>https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 19, 2026
Celebrations at Home Farm Nacton
<p>Rounding up the <strong>Agri-TechE</strong> week on farm, courtesy of <strong>Home Farm Nacton</strong> – the 43rd Demonstrator Farm for <strong>LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming)</strong>.</p><p> </p><p> Also this week:</p><p> - Applications open for early stage <strong>#agritech</strong> ventures to present at our Focus on Finance event (Sept 17th – all welcome).</p><p> </p><p> - All eyes looking to <strong>Groundswell Agriculture</strong> – we chat to two of our members as they make their final preparations for next week’s Regenerative Ag Festival – we’ll be there, come and see us on stand M24. </p><p> </p><p> - Talking financial resilience through cyber security with other business founders thanks to <strong>EY</strong>. Yikes. </p><p>News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. </p><br><p>We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. </p><p>https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 12, 2026
A “point of difference” not a “pointless difference”
<p>Hazel Alpaca (newly-shorn) and I are here to tell you about Cereals, the Festival of Fresh, the next in our “Agri-Tech Meets…” series, plus the Big Announcement that UK farmers have been awaiting. </p><br><p>This week from Agri-TechE:</p><br><p>🕳️ My learnings from the Niab soil hole at Cereals Event (and thank you David Clarke for a great explanation about "plate-y" limestone and following the wormholes). </p><br><p>💭 A mantra for #agritech start-ups - when you have great tech but are innovating in a crowded field.</p><br><p>🥗 From Cereals – to fresh produce, with the Festival of Fresh hosted by G's Group. Audit process streamlining, the rise of the robots – and a discussion about Ultra Processed Foods (link to the public dialogue report in the comments below).</p><br><p>🚀 Agri-Tech Meets… SPACE in the next in our series of exploring the interfaces between sectors.</p><br><p>📉 The budget for the next phase of the Sustainable Farming Incentive has been announced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs… is it going to be enough? (answers on a postcard). </p><br><p>Also great catch-ups with Steve McLean from the UK Agri-Tech Centre, and a very valuable meeting of the Agriculture Sector Group supporting Innovate UK Business Connect.</p><p>News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. </p><br><p>We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions. </p><p>https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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