Agriculture
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CLA hosts Brexit event for Cambridgeshire farmers and landowners
Cambridgeshire farmers and landowners are being asked to share their views on Brexit at a special CLA event to be held at the Duxford Lodge Hotel on... Read More
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Chinese $43bn takeover of Syngenta wins key US approval
A record $43 billion takeover of crop protection business Syngenta, which has major operations in the Cambridge UK technology cluster, appears to be... Read More
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Administrators seek buyer for stricken agricultural businesses
Difficult trading conditions in the agricultural industry have forced two businesses in the same Cambridgeshire group into administration.... Read More
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Price Bailey supports Cambridge agrochemical firm sale
Headland Amenity, a specialist supplier of turf fertilisers, chemicals and wetting agents, has completed its sale to the Irish quoted Origin... Read More
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Barclays launches £100m fund to boost UK agriculture
Barclays is inviting Cambridge and East of England companies to pitch into a new £100 million UK agricultural funding initiative. The bank is... Read More
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Public showcase for proposed global AgriTech research nexus
A public exhibition showcasing plans for the UK’s first purpose built international AgriTech business park, incorporating synergistic life sciences –... Read More
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Letting land for grazing
It is important to ensure that when you let land for grazing you have a written agreement in place, writes Caroline Gumbrell, associate director at... Read More
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Funding boosts fresh surge of agricultural innovation
Funding from the Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative is spurring a new agricultural revolution in the region, backing ventures to boost a variety of... Read More
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New tool to support Third World agribusiness growth
AGRIinsight Ltd and Arcus Global, alumni of Allia Future Business Centre in Cambridge, have announced a technology partnership to develop an online... Read More
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Birketts advises NIAB in ‘top of the crops’ acquisition
Law firm Birketts has advised pioneering plant science organisation, the NIAB Group, on its acquisition of the charity East Malling Research (EMR), a... Read More
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Growing an entrepreneurial culture in Agri-Tech
Entrepreneurs with ideas for science or technology that could enhance agricultural productivity are being challenged to pitch into the GROW business... Read More
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Chinese close in on $43bn deal for Syngenta
Crop protection business Syngenta, which employs 106 people at its Cambridge research hothouse, could be close to being sold to the Chinese for $43... Read More
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KisanHub to help farming companies with decision making
A Cambridge technology business has been awarded almost £60,000 to enhance its enterprise software that helps large farming companies with... Read More
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Nunn better – Thurlow Nunn Group eyes £250m turnover
Thurlow Nunn Group, the East Anglian agricultural machinery and car dealer, enters its 141st year of business in family ownership in 2016.... Read More
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Red clover genome to help restore sustainable farming
The Genome Analysis Centre in Norwich, in collaboration with IBERS – the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences at Aberystwyth... Read More
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Sensor tech driving new agricultural revolution
Sensor technology is driving a new agricultural revolution that promises to transform food and other crop production. And Cambridge companies are... Read More
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Robocrops imaging a growing force in agritech
‘Eye in the sky’ technology is becoming more affordable, but what is the most useful type of imaging and is it best to work with an experienced... Read More
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Genomics boost for global wheat production
Genomics experts in the East of England have made a significant advance that could improve wheat production worldwide. The Genome Analysis Centre... Read More
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Barenbrug reveals initial observations from AD grass trial
Suffolk-headquartered Barenbrug, one of the largest grass seed producers in the UK, has revealed initial observations from a research trial assessing... Read More
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UK can reap rich harvest from agricultural innovation
British farming is a major industry contributing £103 billion to the UK economy and providing over 3.8 million jobs, writes Rachel Holdsworth. As... Read More