UK-Argentina market visit expands international collaboration in agri-tech
The past couple of weeks, Agri-EPI and the Agri-Tech Centres have been facilitating a successful market exchange visit in collaboration with Movimento CREA and AgriTIERRA for three market-ready start-ups interested in entering the Argentine market. We were joined by three companies, iLivestock, Pastoral, and N2 Applied, who got to meet with a range of innovators, farmers, distributors and industry representatives, to give […]
Agri-EPI welcomes recent Harper Adams graduate, Katelyn Randle, as new Business Development Administrator
Agri-EPI Centre has recently employed Katelyn Randle, a graduate from Harper Adams University class of 2023, as its new Business Development Administrator. Having spent the last 4 years at Harper Adams, studying Agri-food Marketing with Business, Katelyn was awarded a First Class with Honours and an award for Top of The Course. Through her time at university, […]
Agri-EPI hosts delegation from Canada in a 1,000 mile UK innovation tour
Agri-EPI’s Academic Partnership Manager, Wendy Hewitson, recently hosted Olds College of Agriculture and Technology, Lakeland College Canada, and Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network from Canada, for an innovation tour of the UK, covering over 1,000 miles in four days. The aim of the Smart Farm tour was to showcase agri-tech companies within Agri-EPI’s network, including the innovation […]
Digital mapping project unlocks new future for vineyard production
A new project creating an open-source initiative for data integration paves the way for a new chapter in wine production. In the rapidly changing landscape of modern agriculture, creating a standard for digital mapping is fundamental for deploying tech onto farms. Digital maps enable valuable decision-making support to structured farming environments. Defra’s Farming Innovation Programme […]
Smartfarm China project delivers agri-tech milestone with robotic spraying for smart farms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4aRzwPYMzo&list=PLnJQLZSqvyyZ7OuIcMT0pjgv6-LrfMaj1&index=16&t=79s&pp=iAQB Small Robot Co (SRC), a British agritech start-up for sustainable farming, today announced the successful conclusion of its Smart Farms collaboration with Strathclyde University (UoS), Agri-EPI, and Chinese Partners (CP). The project successfully developed a prototype for robotic microspraying for pests and diseases integrated with SRC’s commercial Tomv4 robot, a major technology milestone for […]
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 […]