Innovation for an agricultural revolution
Wednesday 9th November 2016
Wellcome Genome Campus Conference Centre, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1RQ
The annual agri-tech REAP conference has a brand new feature this year - an opportunity for industry and innovators to demonstrate their novel technologies to a top flight audience of progressive farmers, agronomists, industry experts and researchers.
Agri-Tech East Director Dr Belinda Clarke says: "We know that more people want to showcase their innovations at REAP than we have available speaking slots.
"We also know that farmers want to see first-hand how a new device, monitor, or service will actually work before introducing it into their business. As a result, we're creating a hands-on, practical exhibition for attendees to discover some of the latest technologies available to help improve efficiency and yield on-farm.
"For technical developers, this is your opportunity to bring new products or services to the industry and get industry user feedback and inputs, as well as finding potential co-development partners and customers.
"For researchers, this is a unique chance to understand the impact potential of your work and to find some early- adopters who can inform the thinking as your innovation comes to market. You could also meet some farmers and end-users willing to trial and validate your ideas in the field, glasshouse or polytunnel."
For more information about participating in the technical exhibition, please click here.
Technologies being demonstrated include:
- ask-Valerie, a virtual adviser from ADAS that will help the flow of knowledge between farmers and advisers
- Spore Trap, an automated in-field pathogen detector developed in a collaboration led by Bayer CropScience
- Pallets and pots made of moulded straw by Cambond
- Automated weather monitoring from ProData Weather Systems
- Real time measurement of field productivity by Rezatec
- Pulsepod in-field monitors which compare actual with predicted performance from Arable Labs (pictured)
- Drones for monitoring and managing crop protection from agriVue
- Web-based supply-chain management by YAGRO
- Lab on a smartphone from PA Consulting
- Handheld devices for grain testing and plant tissue analysis from Analytik
- Agrimetrics, providing support for smart analytics
- and Innovative Farmers, a Soil Association initiative to create field labs.
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