The next big idea in the agri-tech sector could take the farming world by storm, but don't expect it to happen overnight, cautions William Kendall, entrepreneur, investor and organic farmer, who is a speaker in Agri-Tech East's Innovation Showcase at VentureFest East on 24th May.
Agri-TechE

Agri-TechE is a business focused membership organisation, supporting the growth of a world-leading network of innovative farmers, producers, scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs who share a vision of increasing the productivity, profitability and sustainability of agriculture.
Together we aim to help turn challenges into business opportunities and facilitate mutually beneficial collaboration.
Agri-TechE is supporting innovation by:
- Facilitating conversations and connections
- Accelerating the application of research and technology developments through events and communication
- Enabling economic growth and competitive advantage
- Supporting businesses wanting to engage with the agri-food ecosystem
- Creating opportunities for networking through a vibrant events programme
- Thought-leadership at the annual REAP conference held in November
- Member-exclusive opportunities such as profile and invitations.
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An Agri-Tech East event on Tuesday 17th May will discuss the use and impact of geospatial data on agriculture.

Leading scientists discuss rust prediction and prevention at forthcoming Agri-Tech East event.

Innovative new approaches to growing produce will be explored at the next Agri-Tech East Pollinator meeting.

The release of data by DEFRA will create opportunities for new types of applications in agri-tech, says an expert adviser.

How do you turn a good idea into an early-stage business? GROW 2016 is the UK’s only agri-tech business plan competition, and aims to encourage people with an innovative concept to explore if it has the potential to become a new product or service.

Field labs, part of the Innovative Farmer Initiative, aim to provide trials and quantifiable evidence to support alternative cultivation practices. Their benefits are to be discussed at the February Agri-Tech East Pollinator meeting.

As the warm wet weather encourages winter-sown wheat to get away, concerns are being raised that blackgrass is also thriving. Liz Bowles, Head of Farming for the Soil Association, comments that field labs – which provide an opportunity to experiment with different cultivation techniques on a farm scale – are offering farmers new insights. She will be discussing results from two such trials at...

An Agri-Tech East Pollinator networking event later this month looks at new approaches to pesticides and natural products.

Christmas will soon be here and Agri-Tech East’s last Pollinator networking event of the year is combining the magic of Santa with the future of agri-tech.

Agri-Tech East's Remote Sensing and Monitoring Group will discuss the pros and cons of imaging height at its next meeting.

This week is Agri-Tech Week, bringing together farmers and technologists at a range of events, including Agri-Tech East's REAP Conference in Cambridge on Wednesday (November 11th).

Plant-microbe interactions, innovative disease monitoring, data visualisation and the opportunities for farm-based science are among the topics to be discussed at next week’s Agri-Tech East conference, REAP. A few places are still available for the event, which takes place on Wednesday 11 November at Churchill College, Cambridge.

An Agri-Tech East video featuring Microsoft Research, Elveden Estate and Greens of Soham promotes networking opportunities for technologists and producers at its REAP conference next month.

Exciting advances in the role genes play in oil seed rape pod shatter are one of the new developments in crop breeding being discussed at Agri-Tech East’s ‘New Innovations in Crop Breeding’ Pollinator at Norwich Research Park tomorrow (Tuesday 13th October).

Farmers need a better way to assess the economic optimum for fertiliser and other inputs argues Simon Ward, founder of Increment Ltd and one of the speakers at the next Agri-Tech East ‘Big Data in Agriculture’ Special Interest Group meeting.

Reducing downtime on farm equipment and improving resource utilisation are two areas where telematics is making an impact on agricultural production – but there is considerable scope for advanced engineering to make a greater contribution. A speed dating format at the next Pollinator will ensure all participants get maximum value from the meeting.

Agri-Tech East’s New Soil Health Special Interest Group is set to provoke new ideas about soil.

'Engineering, electronics and software' are the subjects under scrutiny at the next Agri-Tech East Pollinator, which takes place on Tuesday 22 September.

Fresh thinking to combat the loss of pollinators and boost yields is promised at this afternoon's (Tuesday's) Agri-Tech East event.
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