AI-enabled tool developed to enhance grassland management
Agribot, an artificial intelligence and climate technology firm and Agri-EPI Centre, with funding from Innovate UK, have joined forces to develop a grassland modelling solution to provide grass growth measurements with accuracy that was unattainable in previous technology—saving farmers’ money and bringing environmental benefits[1]. Working with Cumbria farm network and a dairy farm in Leicestershire, […]
Beta Bugs Secure £1.72M to scale up Sustainable Insect Farming
Scottish insect genetics business, and Agri-EPI tenant, Beta Bugs Limited, has secured £1.72M investment to scale-up the production, scale and supply of its Black Soldier Fly eggs and larvae to the insect farming sector, as a suitable alternative to current sources of protein for animal feed. The funding round was led by The TRICAPITAL Syndicate […]
Fox Robotics awarded funding from DEFRA and Innovate UK
Fox Robotics Ltd, in collaboration with the University of Surrey and the Agri-EPI Centre, along with three prominent farms – MA & MP Stockwell Barnsmuir Farm in Scotland, Lutton Farm in Peterborough, and Secretts Farm in Surrey – have been awarded a grant of £998,639 for their ground-breaking FLEXBOT project, from DEFRA and Innovate UK Revolutionising Agriculture with FLEXBOT The FLEXBOT project is funded by the […]
Granular drone sensor shows potential for long term benefits for the grain supply chain
Edinburgh-based agri-tech innovator, Crover, developed the world’s first ‘granular drone’ that can move through bulk solids and powders and with further funding have developed new capabilities to enhance their robotic sensing technology. As part of a recent funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Innovate UK’s Farming Innovation Programme they […]
James Kayam appointed International Business Development Manager at Agri-EPI
The Agri-EPI centre has recently welcomed a new International Business Development Manager, James Kayam, to their Business Development team. James has a diverse background in marketing, business support and development across both the private and public sector, internationally and within the UK. He has spent 8 years in New Zealand as a resident and spent […]
Aquanzo explores sustainable marine-based poultry feed alternative
Agri-EPI and Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) visited Rastech Research CIC at the University of St Andrews in Scotland for a partner site visit to Aquanzo Production System facilities. During this visit, attendees received an introduction to RASTech, followed by a detailed tour of the Aquanzo system. The team also met the production team, saw the […]
Climate Change, Food Insecurity, and the Future of Agri-Food Systems
Climate Change and Food Insecurity The saying goes, “everyone needs a farmer three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner”, but globally we are currently experiencing changes to climate resulting in disruption to food production and resulting food insecurity. Add in the increasing demand for resources. Statistics also indicate that the ones who have […]
Yellow Brick Capital
An agritech focused company with direct involvement in agricultural and related hardware and software. Yellow Brick Capital‘s focus is on critical resource management and control, through precision software and hardware. The group is made up of the following divisions:
Smart Fertilizer Software: A precision fertigation software
I-Feeder Technologies: A fertigation and chemigation hardware manufacturer
PlantMetrics: Plant sensors capable of communications and commands
OLA: A consultancy platform
YB IndoorFarm: An innovation incubator and indoor farming franchise and real estate investment
MyFarmStore: An online marketplace for product leasing and product sales
Natural resource protection, artificial resource usage minimization, and knowledge sharing. We build hardware, software and knowledge ecosystems around irrigation, fertigation and resource management.
Taylor Technologies
Taylor Technologies specialises in the R&D of agricultural technology. Our flagship project is RUMEX, the “See, Spray, Map” spot-spraying system for the targeted control of grassland weeds. In addition to technology development, they offer consulting and freelance technical services to support other Agri-Tech companies in the UK and abroad.
https://www.taylor-technologies.com/
SoilEssentials
SoilEssentials Ltd, the leading Scottish precision agriculture specialists, are based near the foot of the Angus Glens and make it their business to make a farmer’s life easier and more profitable by farming smarter. The two directors, Jim Wilson and Robert Ramsay, each have a working farm in Angus and a firm passion for all that is precision. With a heritage in farming practices, the ability to use and test their innovative products in-situ, is so important. With an extensive product and service portfolio, SoilEssentials Ltd complement this with their status as authorise Trimble dealer for Northern UK.
https://www.soilessentials.com