New research has found methane emissions from slurry stores on dairy farms may be up to five times greater than official statistics suggest – and highlights the huge potential for turning them into a renewable energy source The study shows that if captured and turned into biogas, emitted methane could…
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UK Agri-Tech Centre (UKATC) expertise and capabilities would play a key role in tackling some of the major challenges of our time, the organisation’s chief executive told delegates at A3 Scotland The conference was held in Inverness in September and UKATC chief executive Phil Bicknell, who chaired a panel session…
Visitors to the Midlands Machinery Show on 20th and 21st November will be the first to hear the full details about Mastenbroek’s new CT12 AI crawler truck As the name suggests, the latest version of Mastenbroek’s CT is equipped with Artificial Intelligence. The new safety feature will recognise human forms…
The UK Agri-Tech Centre and Oxi-Tech Solutions Ltd are working on a groundbreaking project which aims to improve efficiency for farmers while reducing the carbon footprint and improving the sustainability of dairy farming. The South West Dairy Development Centre (SWDDC) is run by the UK Agri-Tech Centre, working alongside its…
A groundbreaking project aimed at utilising unused broccoli to reduce the CO2 footprint and environmental harm of protein for human consumption is underway thanks to a partnership between the UK Agri-Tech Centre, Upcycled Plant Protein (UPP) and The James Hutton Institute (JHI) The project, ‘SusProt: Sustainable Plant Protein from Vegetable…
A groundbreaking project aimed at exploring the role drone technology can play in improving yield, fruit quality and forecasting in UK strawberry production is a pivotal step towards enhancing food security The project, ‘Precision Pollination for Higher Strawberry Productivity and Quality’, offers a strong consortium comprising the UK Agri-Tech Centre,…
Kubota Corporation, Osaka, Japan, through its North American subsidiary, Kubota North America Corporation, has acquired Bloomfield Robotics, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based company. Bloomfield provides a service that monitors the health and performance of specialty crops, one plant at a time, using advanced imaging and artificial intelligence (AI) to growers across seven countries…
Innovative LOOP device to turn cow slurry into clean hydrogen and graphene Hexla is supporting development of Levidian’s pioneering technology to industrial level globally Future units to capture hundreds of thousands of tonnes of carbon dioxide around the world Clean hydrogen developer, Hexla, and leading British climate tech firm Levidian…
Lemken’s Solitair front hopper is the answer to the growing demand for efficient front-rear seeding combinations With a generous 2,400-litre capacity for seed and/or fertiliser, this pressure-resistant hopper is ideal for precision seeding or drilling, ensuring maximum utilisation in the field. Seed or fertiliser is delivered to the rear combination…
KUHN Farm Machinery has extended the option of its innovative TWIN-reel film binding technology to its FB 3130 baler. The TWIN-reel system was already available for the larger FB 3135 and the addition means both models in the fixed chamber FB 3100 range now feature the option. The system uses…