Our Week in Agri-Tech

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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our Week in Agri-Tech is a science podcast hosted by Agri-TechE, with 45 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Agri-TechE hosts Our Week in Agri-Tech, a science show with 45 episodes published.

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  Strange celestial sights

  Aug 14, 20264 min

  ☀️ Today’s vlog standing in front a compost pile ready for incorporation – helping build soil resilience for future extreme weather. Three different members deploying three different member benefits Raising the profile of their technology Bring introduced to the right people for their business needs ❓ Specific tech “asks” from a fruit farmer….watch the vid to find out if you can help! Also, catching up with Bitwise Agronomy and how their AI-enabled platform (“Barbara!”) has provided forecasting services for 12,000km of strawberries as well as work out where yield is being lost in strawbs and other berries. (Spoiler alert, it’s not always where the grower thinks it is). ️ Taking the summer to sort out the database and do some crucial updates – making everyone’s life easier (we hope!) ☎️ And finally, an exciting call from BBC Panorama… News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. 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. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  A Drone with a View & Parched Potatoes

  Aug 7, 20264 min

  It’s all about the not-so-humble (and thirsty) spud, where we’ve been considering the science behind growing better potatoes and in a week where the UK’s first gene-edited crop gained regulatory approval. Plus money, the robotics revolution and a great opportunity for our Early Career Innovators. This week: Lamb Weston processes 200,000 tonnes of potatoes a year, a great example of supply chain partners supporting their growers to produce an even better crop. We've also been talking soil moisture sensors and drip irrigation as possible mitigations in these dry, hot growing conditions. Calling all revolutionary robots as £20m funding is available as part of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Farming Futures R&D programme. (This week we sent our members a big funding summary of everything available right now). ️ When F1 meets agriculture….getting the robots to do the heavy lifting on fruit farms, with our latest new member Dynium . We have 2 FREE places up for grabs on the Farm Management Skills Programme at Harper Adams University , thanks to our partnership with the Society of Agriculture – get in touch to start your application! News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. 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. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Dahlias & Delphiniums at Bury Lane

  Jul 31, 20262 min

  Going all ornamental in this week’s vlog – about a sector that is worth £1.6bn to the UK economy. This week’s round-up from Agri-TechE is from Bury Lane Farm Shop , one of the UK’s leading growers of house plants and flowers – with an awesome PYO experience. Just what we needed for our team away day and teeing us up for the second of our Strategy Days. A huge thank you to Will and your team for the tour of the huge glasshouses full of luscious houseplants - and then letting us loose among the dahlias, agapanthus, delphiniums and more... armed with a bucket and a pair of secateurs… ️ And a serious conversation about the challenges associated with production of ornamentals at scale and discovering the most environmentally-friendly growth medium we have ever seen. All very topical as the Food and Farming Partnership Board is developing the first of its Sector Growth Plans (as recommended in the Farming Profitability Review), focussing on Horticulture. Plus important discussions with the Animal and Plant Health Agency at Sandringham Flower Show – the Agency works tirelessly to keep the UK’s plants and animals free from invasive pests and diseases. Colorado Beetle and Yellow Legged hornets were our topic of discussion, but we also touched on Xylella. There is no room for complacency, particularly with a changing climate.  News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. 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. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Reshuffles in Westminster and the quandaries of quantum

  Jul 24, 20264 min

  ➡️ All change in the UK Government - including the Department now responsible (again) for funding science, innovation and technology. Check out our video that landed this week where I talk to Sarah Evered about farmer readiness for dynamic alignment with the EU within Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs . Big thoughts with Niall Mottram of Cambridge Consultants about a potential new funding mechanism for innovation in agri-food, inspired by the energy sector - watch this space! (and thank you Mary Nicholls for wise counsel). Having input into a new report being undertaken by The Royal Society about the future of food - between now and 2100. Massive thanks to Louise Border and James FRY for offering the gorgeous Mills & Reeve office in #Cambridge to host our Strategy Day. And you gave us food for thought in your into about quantum computing and the alignment of regulation between life sciences and agri-food..... News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. 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. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Space, Robotics and Defence

  Jul 17, 20265 min

  Bag yourself a smart grad trainee, discover how it feels to be in charge of a robot, the UK's 5 year commitment to #agritech innovation, and welcome to one of our new members – this week’s round-up from Agri-TechE . 🎓 We announce a leap forward in the way we support agritech learning and development through a new partnership with MDS Ltd . Apply to host a trainee and also be part of tech-ing up the training for the next cohort! 🫵 Have your say in the planned Engine for Dual-Use Growth and Excellence, bringing together agri-tech and defence, through some work underway by Grounded Research | Market Research and Strategic Development 📣 UK Research and Innovation releases its 5 year strategic plan – a commitment to agri-tech, with an emphasis on precision technologies and engineering biology. 💷 “If you are a farmer looking to adopt new technologies…..” – the #ADOPT programme funded by Defra and delivered by Innovate UK is here to help. And for the long(ish) term. 🤖 The AgXeed robot…..as seen on Clarkson’s Farm – remarkably responsive and light on its feet (I mean, tracks). Great day with NFU Mutual looking to the tech of tomorrow. 🚀 Agri-Tech Met Space this week at our event, great discussions across sectors…..any idea how much it costs to send a can of Coke into low earth orbit? (no Mentos needed 🧨). 🙌 Welcome to a new member SKALENE LIMITED – developing real-time, non-contact monitoring of pellets, feed, grain, seeds etc as they move through tubes and pipes to keep them flowing freely.  News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE. 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. https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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