Agriculture
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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
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AgriTech firm takes new base in Haslingfield
Dogtooth Technologies has taken more than 1,000 sq ft of offices in Penn Farm Studios, Haslingfield, six miles south of Cambridge. Dogtooth is... Read More
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Cambridge tech can cut agricultural chemical use by over 99 per cent
New spray technology from Cambridge Consultants has the potential to slash the use of chemicals in agriculture – saving farmers money and helping to... Read More
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Apple gets a sign at last at Cambridge HQ!
US technology giant Apple has gone to great lengths to conceal that it has even set up in Cambridge UK. The low-storey windows at its 90 Hills... Read More
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Savills aims to REAP what its agri-sponsorship sows
Savills’ rural business in the east will be the main sponsor of the Producers’ Panel at this years REAP conference, organised by Agri-Tech East.... Read More
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£150k support for vegetable grower in Isleham
One of Cambridgeshire’s most successful vegetable growing companies, Tompsett Burgess Growers, has been awarded £150,000 from the Eastern Agri-Tech... Read More
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Genomics boost for livestock feed crop
Genomics technology from the East of England is being used to boost livestock productivity by improving the feed crop in central Africa and Latin... Read More
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Average cost of farmland in East of England now £8,375 per acre
Demand for residential farmland in the East of England grew in the first six months of the year and nine per cent of respondents expect the price to... Read More
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Genome sleuths fight threats to Vietnam rice crop
East of England genomics experts are fighting to maintain a healthy Vietnamese rice crop in the face of a number of threats to productivity. The... Read More
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Fresh harvest for Hewitsons with NFU reappointment
Hewitsons has been reappointed for a further three years as the NFU panel law firm for Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk... Read More
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Cambridge agritech wins R & D funding
Innovation from two Cambridge companies has earned combined R & D funding of more than £80k from The Eastern Agri-Tech Growth Initiative. The... Read More