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  • AI and Modelling, Controlled Environment Agriculture, Event, Farmers & Agri-business, Innovation & Technology, Network Development
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Agri-tech in action: A January 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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  • AI and Modelling, Business Support, Collaboration & Partnership, Consortia & Networking, Innovation & Technology, Strategic Development, Support & Strategy
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Accelerating innovation and growth for your agri-tech business with the UK Agri-Tech Centre

For businesses driving innovation in agri-tech, accessing the right support can make all the difference. Yet, finding the right expertise, testing environments and end-user insights...

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Latest International Opportunities

Find out about current international funding opportunities to get support and help accelerate agri-tech aspirations...
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  • Agri-Supply Industries, Business Support, Collaboration & Partnership, Event, Farmers & Agri-business, Network Development, Startups & Innovators, Support & Strategy
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Join us for Growth Week 2026

Grow Your Own Way with the UK Agri-Tech Centre. This February 2-6, the UK Agri-Tech Centre invites you to join us for an exciting week...

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  • Agri-Supply Industries, Collaboration & Partnership, Consortia & Networking, Event, Farmers & Agri-business, Innovation & Technology, Research & Insight, Strategic Development
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Three things we learned at OFC that every agri-tech business needs to know

The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC 26) has always been a space for big thinking. This year, the message coming through most strongly at #OFC26 was...

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  • Agri-Supply Industries, Collaboration & Partnership, Innovation & Technology, Research & Insight, Strategic Development, Support & Strategy, Technology Support
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Registration open for UK innovators to benefit from support programme

A pioneering programme to help UK-based innovators scale the technologies needed to support sustainable farming in the UK opened for registrations today (6 January 2026)....

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  • Arable, Horticulture, Innovation & Technology, Reports, Soil Health
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The intelligent future of farming

Agriculture is entering a new era where data, automation and real-time intelligence are transforming how we grow food. The shift from reactive farming to fully...

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  • Aquaculture
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UK Seaweed launch unlocks new growth opportunities

The UK’s rapidly developing blue economy has reached an important milestone with the formal unveiling of UK Seaweed during the Scottish Seaweed Industry Conference, held...

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  • Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Climate Change Mitigation, Collaboration & Partnership, Farmers & Agri-business, Innovation & Technology, Reports, Soil Health
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Agri-tech in action: A November roundup

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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  • Data & Sensing, Horticulture, Innovation & Technology
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Driving earlier pest and stress detection in UK protected horticulture

A major project aimed at creating and validating an advanced sensing and AI system for spotting pest pressure and plant stress in UK tomato glasshouses...

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  • Agri-Supply Industries, Consortia & Networking, Farmers & Agri-business, Innovation & Technology, Robotics and automation
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Showcasing cutting-edge farming innovation with Defra Minister Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP

We were delighted to welcome Department for Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) Minister, Dame Angela Eagle DBE MP, to the UK Agri-Tech Centre’s Midlands Agri-Tech...

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  • Arable, Biodiversity and Natural Capital, Innovation & Technology, Soil Health
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Why healthy soils are at the heart of farming’s future

Healthy soils underpin everything we do in agriculture. They’re the foundation of food production, biodiversity and climate change resilience. This year’s World Soil Day (5...
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  • Innovation & Technology, Projects, Research & Insight, Robotics and automation
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How robotics and autonomous systems are transforming UK agriculture

Innovation in agriculture is being driven by robotics and automation, making farming more productive, sustainable and resilient. Yet, as these systems move from research to...

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