April 2019
Pollinator: Swarm Robotics – The agri-workforce of the future?
Swarm robotics are teams of small robots working together – with their individual contributions combining to make a cheaper, more effective or more intelligent system.
Find out more »May 2019
Challenge Convention; An Agri-Tech East Member Event
Calling Agri-Tech East Members! Join us for a member exclusive event and challenge convention with us! Agri-Tech East is bringing its unique and diverse membership together to challenge itself to tackle some of the problems facing the industry, provide some solutions and catalyse its own collaborations this May. Are you faced with a challenge but not sure how to tackle it? This is your chance to put it to the membership and find out about some of the solutions that…
Find out more »Pollinator: We’ve Got the Power; On-Farm Solutions to Energy Demands
It’s a law of the Universe that energy can’t be created or destroyed; it can just be changed into different forms. But every change comes at a cost; they are really inefficient and lead to precious energy being lost each time there is a transformation from one type of energy into another. So how can new innovations harness energy more effectively for use on farm? From horses to diesel, wind, solar and anaerobic digesters, innovations in energy management and storage…
Find out more »June 2019
Pollinator: Closing the Loop on the Circular Economy
The so-called circular economy aims to reduce waste, extract maximum value from natural resources and extend the potential use of by-products.
Find out more »Royal Norfolk Show – Innovation Hub
The Innovation Hub is becoming a must-see stop at the Royal Norfolk Show. In previous years we’ve featured companies and research organisations working with drones, pioneering new innovations in water management and waste reduction, fit-bits for cattle and the power of pulses…watch this space. Take a look at some of the innovation that was on show in 2018 and get in contact to find out how you can be part of the Hub in 2019. Members of Agri-Tech East are…
Find out more »July 2019
Agri-Tech Hackathon – 36 hours to save the world!
Climate change has been described as the biggest challenge facing world - our next Agri-Tech Hackathon 2019 is calling on you to be part of the solution.
Find out more »Innovation Insights at Fruit Focus
Agri-Tech East will be at Fruit Focus, the 'UK's premier technical event for the fruit industry'. A strong line up of members will be presenting emerging and established technology-based solutions to industry challenges.
Find out more »September 2019
Pollinator: Ruminating on the Role of Digestate in Managing Healthy Soils
Investment in digestors across the UK has brought benefits of managing waste, generating energy on-farm, and generating a home-grown fertiliser and soil conditioner. Yet rigorous, quantitative analysis of the benefits to soils from digestate application are lacking. We will discuss the outputs of a 2-year Innovative Farmers project designed to investigate the impact of digestate application to soils, and the role of cover crops in improving efficacy of digestate by helping retain nutrients, maintain soil organic matter and ensure ease…
Find out more »Agriculture 101 – an introduction to the sector for newcomers
Do you want to understand the agri-tech sector? This unique one-day course offers an introduction to the agri-food industry and the opportunities it offers. It will be of interest to anyone new to the industry including players from other sectors.
Find out more »October 2019
Pollinator: Re-Visiting the Vision of the Connected Farm
Machine-to-machine communication and the "Internet of Things" (IoT) are predicted to transform farming. But seamless cross-talk and integration between devices, machinery and systems is still on the wish-list of most farmers. Here we’ll have an update the new technologies, how close the industry is to overcoming the challenges of inter-operability, and explore how to overcome the obstacles to enable remote management of crops, livestock – and the entire connected farm. Sign up to our monthly newsletter to get updates on the programme…
Find out more »