ForFarmers rolls out digital services to UK livestock farmers

13th February 2019 | Animal Feed, Company News, Digital Agriculture, Livestock, R&D

The acquisition of the UK’s largest animal feed manufacturer by ForFarmers, the leading European feed company of Dutch and co-operative heritage, over six years ago has opened up new opportunities for the domestic business, including a move into digital livestock...

Harper and Agri-EPI work with TAFE

27th June 2018 | Company News, R&D

Harper Adams University (HAU) has entered into a new international collaboration with the global agricultural engineering business Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE), which is based in India. The project will develop advance technological, agronomic and education...

Project to reduce cost of soil mapping

6th November 2016 | Agricultural Inputs, Technology

A collaborative project at Agri-EPI, one of the new UK centres of agricultural innovation which is based at Cranfield University, aims to make precision farming more affordable for arable farmers and landowners.  Led by AgSpace Agriculture, other project members...

Agri-Tech unveils successful Round Five projects

29th July 2016 | Agricultural Inputs, R&D, Technology

The latest round of Agri-Tech Catalyst funding – the fifth since the £70 million programme started in 2013 – sees 24 projects share £16 million in funds.  The Agri-Tech Catalyst, set up by Defra and two other government departments plus the Biotechnology and...