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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Speaking with AgTechNavigator at the recent World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, he explained: “Last year when I was here there was still a lot of priomise in the air.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
Biological players often complain that regulatory processes are slowing growth in this sector. There are fears that is set to worsen amid Trump’s deep cuts to the federal workforce. Speaking to AgTechNavigator at the sidelines of the recent World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco, Biotalys CEO Kevin Helash said: “The new Trump administration and the infrastructure changes he is making at the federal level is making the regulatory environment more uncertain.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
The US start-up raised an additional $10 million it a Series A round last year, bringing the total funding to $32.8 million. The Californian company partners with established tractor manufacturers to retrofit their machines with AI-driven autonomy and remote-control capabilities. This allows specialty crop growers to automate tasks or operate equipment via an app called TeleFarme.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
One example is Enko Chem, an AI-driven agricultural biotech company focused on developing next-generation crop protection solutions to combat pest resistance. The company uses DNA-encoded libraries and AI/ML models to screen billions of molecules, identifying novel pesticide candidates with new modes of action. This approach reduces discovery timelines dramatically – e.g., identifying a new weed-control target and inhibitors in four months.
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agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison |Amanda Lim
The question is important given autonomous vehicles in agriculture face adoption challenges, although they are becoming increasingly popular. While autonomous vehicles offer potential benefits like increased efficiency and safety, they also present hurdles such as high costs, lack of digital infrastructure, and concerns about job displacement.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison |Jane Byrne
The largest agri-tech organisation in the UK conducted 122 in-depth interviews across the country to better understand what innovation and technology means to farmers. Technology adoption is the most significant change to farming practices in the last five years, according to 73% of the survey participants. Farmers are clear that they want “practical solutions that make their businesses more efficient and manageable”, the survey says.
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1 week ago | 
agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison |Amanda Lim
Danish start-up AgriRobot, which develops safety software for autonomous agricultural vehicles, has joined a new project to advance farm robotics across Europe. The AgRibot project, which has received a €4.97 million grant from the European Commission, hopes to address some of the most pressing challenges in European agriculture. These include labour shortages, unsafe working conditions, and demand for enhanced productivity and greater sustainability.
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agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
The research – which brought together the expertise of over 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK – concludes there’s good evidence that minimising bare soils, for example by growing cover crops on land over winter, has benefits for soil health and nature. Brown fields of bare soil are a “common sight” throughout the UK in the winter months, the report notes.
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agtechnavigator.com | Jane Byrne |Oliver Morrison
Connecting a global community of 550 million farmers, many of whom still rely on analogue systems, to digital services is vital for transforming agriculture. “This transition would enable the collection, analysis, and impactful use of data, providing the support needed to drive meaningful change and improve agricultural practices worldwide,” says Andreas Cerdan, chief commercial officer of Dimitra.
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agtechnavigator.com | Oliver Morrison
According to a notice published in the Gazette (the official journal of record for the UK government), administrators have been appointed to manage the process. The company closed its doors on April 7, resulting in the redundancy of 61 staff members. JFC has primarily been backed by online grocer Ocado Group, which became its major shareholder by acquiring a 58% stake in 2019 and later increasing its ownership to around 70%.