🤖🍓Autonomous fruit picking robots
⚡🌿 Controlling weeds with electricity
🛰️🐄 GPS collars for cows
Our new £22m Transforming Food Production Challenge will help farmers cut down on pollution, minimise waste and produce more food: https://t.co/UoX6wlrIOB #IndustrialStrategy
Fab couple of days with fellow #agritech centres @agrimetrics @CHAP_enquiries @agri_epi & @innovateuk @KTNUK @NUFarms plus 200+ guests who joined us. Thank you for your time and hope you’re inspired! Thanks also to the real stars of the show though 🐄🐖!
Register by 19 Mar for Joint #AgriTech#Livestock event to learn more about the R&D capability of ALL the #UK Centres & connect with new partners to support your #agrifood#innovation Register at https://t.co/zSilUxV7Wj Look forward to seeing you there!
Great buzz & discussion across the #grasscheckgb#farm network as first #grass quality #data output from @GrasscheckGB farms is generated. Looking good! Shout out to farms submitting samples this week - need to catch the last post today! #grasscheckgb@innovateuk
See live demonstrations of cutting-edge technologies & facilities from UK #AgriTech Centres at a showcase event. EoI registration now open for plant & crop focus on 26 Mar & livestock focus on 28 Mar https://t.co/wdnQTnqyhh @agri_epi @Agrimetrics @CHAP_Enquiries @CIELivestock1
Could your #agritech or #foodsystems#innovation benefit African countries? Learn about #funding from the @DFID_UK#AgriTechCatalyst & find project partners at @KTNUK hosted briefing & consortia building event on 22 March, Birmingham & webinars on 5 April https://t.co/MRwMhY8Y5A
Less than one week to go to our CHAP-@KTNUK funding masterclass on 12/02 @CranfieldUni. Register today to brush up your skills on the Innovate UK grant/bid application process & learn more about the CHAP #soilhealth facility https://t.co/79LthHaBiU
Excellent piece on Farming Today about CHAP & Agri-Epi featuring Prof Jane Rickson and Agri-EPI CEO, Dave Ross talking about our soil health unit which allows precision control and monitoring of different soil management programmes.
https://t.co/5cCAxDIcX5
Dr Belinda Luke from @CABI_Plantwise uses the CHAP sprayer to test the effectiveness of a promising new biopesticide to tackle aphids and cabbage stem flea beetles. Will know more when the season starts as to how successful it is.
Would you like to exhibit your #agritech innovation with applications in #wearabletechnology e-harvesting & #sensors, AR/VR or #IoT ? Apply by 30 Jan for free space on the @KTNUK exhibition stand at the Wearable Technology Show on 12-13 March, London https://t.co/Y40OlQ6INS
Following the announcement by the @IPPC that 2020 will be the International Year of Plant Health, Lord Gardiner, Minister for Biosecurity, said: “The UK will work closely with partners in the plant health sector to mark the International Year of Plant Health in 2020.” #IYPH
Dr Nawaporn Onkokesung from Newcastle University shows off the LightCycler to quantify the expression of marker genes for herbicide resistance in ryegrass population (Lolium rigidum). This work is part of a project funded by BBSRC in which CHAP is a partner.
Why do SRUC staff work with industry? Head of Regional Engagement & Partnership, Prof. Dave Roberts, and Head of Contracts Office, Dr Mike Smith, talk us through the benefits and opportunities that industry led research has in the video below ⬇️
CIEL Members! Register by 25 Jan to take part in "New Horizons for #Poultry" RDC workshop re: key industry challenges needing solutions incl. #nutrition#health#genetics & management for #meat#egg production. #agfood & #science working together to deliver the best #Agritech