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  • AI and Modelling, Arable
  • News

Better timing, better fertiliser decisions, better outcomes on farm.

Agri-tech isn’t short on data, but turning that data into something farmers can effectively use is where the real challenge lies. Messium’s journey shows how...
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  • Aquaculture, Innovation & Technology
  • News

What Aquaculture UK 2026 told us about the future of fish farming

Walking the exhibition halls at Aquaculture UK this year, one thing became immediately clear: aquaculture is entering a new phase of technological maturity. The move...
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  • Business Support, International
  • News

UK Agri-Tech Centre backs British agri-tech businesses to scale globally

The UK Agri-Tech Centre has today announced the selection of two UK agri-tech businesses, Breedr and Biotangents, to take part in the 2026 Global Growth...
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  • Arable, Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Business Support, Case studies, Collaboration & Partnership
  • Insights

What’s Working in Practice: Agri-Tech and the Arable Challenge

The arable sector isn’t short of innovation. It’s under pressure to deliver—now. At Cereals this week, we had a great conversation on what actually moves...
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  • Funding
  • News

Agri-Tech Opportunities

Read on to find out about current funding opportunities to get support and help accelerate your business' agri-tech aspirations...
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  • Aquaculture, Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Business Support, Case studies, Collaboration & Partnership
  • Insights

Turning seafood waste into high-value aquaculture feed

Pennosan Ltd is addressing this challenge through a natural, low-impact process that converts seafood by-products into high-value aquaculture feed ingredients. Find out how....
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  • Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Business Support, Case studies, Collaboration & Partnership
  • Insights

UK Agri-Tech Centre helps Carbon Rewild unlock new business opportunities

Carbon Rewild worked with the UK Agri-Tech Centre through the Agri-Tech Solution Sprint to better understand agriculture, build supply chain connections and generate new business...
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  • Innovation & Technology
  • Insights

World Intellectual Property Day: Why IP is critical to scaling agri-tech innovation

Innovation is essential to the future of agriculture. From AI-driven decision tools and precision sensors to robotics and novel biological inputs, the sector is generating...

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  • Animal Health and Welfare, Livestock
  • Insights

Great British Beef Week

How are the UK part of the plan and what actions are we taking to halt species loss and encourage nature recovery within our open...
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  • Agri-Supply Industries, Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Innovation & Technology
  • Insights

The tech transforming agriculture: Advanced Sensors with Chirrup

Trying to measure biodiversity across a working farm hasn’t been easy. We know it matters and we know it needs to be done, but getting...

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  • Agri-Supply Industries, Innovation & Technology, International, Startups & Innovators
  • Insights

Agri-tech in action: A March round up

From industry insights to supporting businesses to develop cutting-edge innovation across AI, robotics and automation and CEA, to thought-provoking conversations at events, we share our...

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  • Controlled Environment Agriculture, Event, Innovation & Technology
  • Insights

Northern CEA Symposium: From Research Insight to Commercial Reality

By Harry Langford, Innovation Director at the UK Agri-Tech Centre, who shares his thoughts on the event. The Northern CEA Symposium brought together growers, researchers,...

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  • Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Climate Change Mitigation
  • Insights

How the agri-tech industry is helping to build water resilience for the future

The UK Agri-Tech Centre has worked with agri-tech businesses to test and trial their technologies to address the challenges of water quality and management on-farm...

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