Let's Talk Agri-Tech

Welcome back to the Let's Talk Agri-Tech, where we explore the role of innovation and technology in the future of farming. This mini series is built around the insights from our latest report, Innovation and Technology: The Farmer’s Perspective, which captures the views of farmers on what they need from agri-tech, the barriers to adoption and how we can co-develop better solutions.

 Over the course of this series, we’ll be speaking with experts to unpack these themes in more detail. 

Today, we’re joined by Claire Hodge, Head of Agri-Systems at the UK Agri-Tech Centre, to discuss how we can better integrate farmers’ knowledge into research and development, the role of co-development and what it takes to bridge the gap between innovation and on-farm application.

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This Episode was published on: April 17, 2025

Music by AudioCoffee(Denys Kyshchuk)

Welcome back to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, where we explore the role of innovation and technology in the future of farming. This mini-series is built around the insights from our latest report, Innovation and Technology: The Farmer’s Perspective, which captures the views of farmers on what they need from agri-tech, the barriers to adoption, and how we can co-develop better solutions.

Throughout this series, we’ll be speaking with experts to unpack these themes in more detail. Today, we're focussing on knowledge exchange. How farmers learn, share information and adopt new practices. We're joined by Sarah Nightingale, Knowledge Exchange Manager at the UK Agri-Tech Centre to explore these areas. 

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This Episode was published on: April 17, 2025

Music by AudioCoffee(Denys Kyshchuk)

Welcome back to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, where we explore the role of innovation and technology in the future of farming. This mini-series is built around the insights from our latest report, Innovation and Technology: The Farmer’s Perspective, which captures the views of farmers on what they need from agri-tech, the barriers to adoption, and how we can co-develop better solutions.

Over the course of this series, we’ll be speaking with experts to unpack these themes in more detail. Today, Ross Robertson, Farm Technology Specialist at the UK Agri-Tech Centre, joins us to discuss the real-world challenges of technology adoption, from connectivity and cost to integration issues with farm operations. Ross also explores how farmers can be better involved in co-developing solutions that work.   

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This Episode was published on: April 17, 2025

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Welcome back to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, where we explore the role of innovation and technology in the future of farming.

Sofia Hirscher and Thomas Slattery kick off this mini-series, built around the insights from our latest report, Innovation and Technology: The Farmer’s Perspective, which captures the views of farmers on what they need from agri-tech, the barriers to adoption and how we can co-develop better solutions.

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This Episode was published on: April 17, 2025

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On International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025, the UK Agri-Tech Centre celebrates the remarkable contributions of women in our organisation. 

We sit down with Chioma Ezeanaka, Project Manager at the UK Agri-Tech Centre, to explore her inspiring journey. With expertise spanning biological sciences and electronic engineering to project management and design thinking, Chioma brings a diverse skill set to her role. She has also demonstrated her entrepreneurial prowess as both a chief strategist and successful business owner.

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This Episode was published on: February 11, 2025

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Welcome to Let's Talk Agri-Tech. In this episode, we welcome Clemmie Gleeson, Head of Communications at BOFIN and Dr Emma Chapelhow, Open Programme Coordinator and soil health specialist at the UK Agri-Tech Centre.

In this episode, we're talking about healthy soils and the Thriving Roots Underpinning Total Soil Health (TRUTH) Project. Clemmie discusses farmer engagement and its importance in developing technology and Emma discusses the cutting-edge technologies that are involved, the project partners and their roles.

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This Episode was published on: 5 December 2024

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Welcome to Let's talk Agri-Tech. In this episode we will be talking to Martin Sutcliffe, Aquaculture Innovation lead and Megan Powell, Innovation Associate - Livestock to discuss our most recent thought leadership report 'Livestock and Aquaculture: Shaping the next ten years'.

We'll introduce you to the opportunities and challenges faced by the industry. From groundbreaking technologies, right through to the adoption of climate-smart solutions the future of these sectors is full of potential and complexities.

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This Episode was published on: 24 September 2024

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After many high hopes, we need to answer these questions: What is likely to get in the way? From our farmer's perspective, what are the barriers to change?

Episode Host, Ben Williams from Leprino Foods also discusses the broader challenges to food system transformation with Charlie Curtis of the Cool Farm Alliance and outlines how, once we have broken down the barriers to change, we must leverage the agriculture sector to really make progress. 

This discussion is with the very talented Helen Brookes from UK Agri-Tech Centre and Steve Dunkley from HSBC who collectively have significant experience in delivering impactful programmes supporting farmers. Most importantly we get to hear from farmers themselves on what they see as the major barriers to change. 

Think of this episode as a call to action for the supply chain - join us to find the solutions. Together we can change the world!

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This Episode was published on: 8 August 2024

What’s the big deal on regenerative agriculture? 
Why are our soils so important? 
Does regenerative agriculture mean a step back in time or can we adopt more recent innovation? 

Episode hosts, Helen Brookes from UK Agri-Tech Centre & Ben Williams from Leprino Foods discuss these questions and hear from famers that have utilised products and seen some interesting results whilst building their soils ability to yield great grass and sequester more carbon. 

We get to discuss the Leprino soil carbon programme with Timac-Agro and hear about an amazing soil bioactivator from Sylgen Animal Health.

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This Episode was published on: 5 August 2024

Efficiency, bloody efficiency! Everyone says you should be more efficient, but very few have told you how to make that happen. 

Episode hosts, Helen Brookes from UK Agri-Tech Centre & Ben Williams from Leprino Foods are joined by the very talented Michael Blanche of Pasture Pod, the team from Dairy Insights and Fedden-USP to discuss one such pilot programme that has helped 10 farms see a £1 million reduction in their collective cost of production in just 12 months. 

Importantly we hear from one of the farmers as to why they embarked on such a programme.

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This Episode was published on: 1 August 2024