Pioneering work by SEAD Artists could be about to unblock the bottlenecks impeding the use of drones in agriculture, allowing beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight and the aerial application of key crop protection products. SEAD Artists is a consortium of like-minded drone experts supporting agricultural innovation using new technology and drones.

The members are Autospray Systems, Skypointe, Aerofirm and DronePrep. They have collaborated on several projects utilising drones in specific settings, like plaudiculture and forestry. Their work is now beginning to overcome the significant regulatory hurdles that have hampered drone use and adoption in the industry.

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Belinda Clarke interviews Vicky Foster of British Beet Research Organisation, discussing the long term nature of research planning and predicting the challenges we'll face in the future so we can begin to resesarch solutions now.

As part of our “Back to the Future” project, we’re asking Agri-TechE members to reflect on how the agri-tech industry has evolved over the past decade and to share their vision for the next ten years. By compiling these insights, we aim to create a powerful outlook on the future of agriculture, a compelling call to arms for the industry driven by the diverse perspectives of our community.

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How to approach the challenge of technology adoption? Agricultural technologies hold immense potential and promise for improvement, yet their adoption often involves striking a delicate balance of risk-taking and co-development between innovators and growers.

Frederick Hiam is cautious about being such early adopters they shoulder all the risk, yet they believe that waiting for fully developed solutions to simply be delivered to farmers is unlikely to hit the mark. Jamie Lockhart, Managing Director, discusses their approach. Collaborate with developers from the outset - “Start with the problem we need answering,” so that co-development benefits both parties— delivering tailored, practical solutions, while also advancing innovation in a meaningful, efficient way.

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Ben Burgess is a supplier of several leading brands in the agricultural, construction and grounds care industries. In this episode, Ben Turner talks to us about the game-changer for agriculture; digitalisation of whole agricultural environment, embedded in everything inc all machinery.

We're moving from 'hard to use, difficult, antiquated' to actually technology is making life much easier. However, we do need to utilise the tech, not just have it as a passenger there on the journey - we have to come together as a team to make the most of this.

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Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept in agriculture - it's enabling innovative solutions to long-standing challenges and creating new opportunities across the industry.

In this episode, Delta-T Devices emphasises AI's role in handling complex datasets to improve precision farming, seeing AI as vital for scaling research into commercial farming, enabling better decision-making and optimising crop conditions. This builds on their long history designing instruments for measuring and monitoring the environment. They have a strong focus on soil moisture, precision irrigation, agronomy, plant physiology, eco-physiology, data logging, solar radiation and meteorology.

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ROBOSCIENTIFIC LIMITED is advancing early disease detection in animals and plants using volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis. In this episode, Angie Curtis talks us through how this could change vetinary practices in future for quicker, more reliable diagnostics - resulting in healthier animals. They acknowledge scepticism as a key barrier to adoption, observing that many farmers are eager to embrace innovation but concerned about the risks associated with unproven systems. They advocate collaborative efforts to build trust and demonstrate reliability and to "take a leap of faith and believe it can happen!"

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As experts in talent acquisition for agri-tech, AgRecruit highlights a surge in agri-tech jobs and a significant trend: the sector is increasingly drawing specialists from outside traditional agriculture, such as those in engineering and biotech. This influx of diverse skills is essential as agri-tech becomes more complex, blending traditional farming with cutting-edge technologies like precision farming and alternative proteins. We sat down with Sam Clayton of AgRecruit to discover the latest in recruitment trends - why its hard and how to find non-traditional applicants for new roles.

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eg technology solve engineering and design challenges for clients, to turn their ideas into products. In this episode we discuss the trend of productivity - making the most of a scarce resource (land) with scale and precision. The key to development is understanding priority impact - which action will have the biggest impact.

Specialising in electronics and software engineering, industrial and mechanical design, human factors, project management, technical due diligence and regulatory compliance, eg know how to solve technical challenges and make things work. eg is an agile and adaptive development partner providing tailored project delivery, whilst minimising risk from concept through to transfer to manufacture in an ISO 13485 accredited framework.

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