Agri-Business
Ag-tech and sustainability trends forecast to accelerate in 2023
Significant trends in the agri-food industry are expected to emerge in 2023, following a challenging year which exposed a number...
AgTech
Agri-Business
Investment in AgTech 20 times higher in 2021 than in 2012
A new report from McKinsey has shown that 20 times more capital was invested in AgTech in 2021 than there...
Agri-Business
Irish researchers to trial soil moisture technology in Texas
Researchers in Ireland and Texas are preparing to trial a new agri-sustainability tool that uses information on soil moisture to...
Agri-Business
Irish start-up Niskus Biotec to receive early investment of $200,000
Niskus Biotec, an AgTech start-up based in Co. Monaghan, has been selected to take part in an accelerator programme, and...
Agri-Business
Hexafrass fertiliser to help plants render aphids infertile
Hexafrass, a new insect-based fertiliser, has been proven to enable an immune system response in plants that can render aphids...
Agri-Business
Challenge to find sustainable AgTech start-ups launched
An international programme seeking start-ups with the potential to accelerate the agricultural industry’s transition to a net zero sector, was...
Agri-Business
AgTech Ireland: A 'thrashing machine' would have been AgTech once
The relevance of AgTech in meeting climate targets within agriculture has been highlighted by chairman of AgTech Ireland and CEO...
Agri-Business
Watch: Farmland - mastitis control and AgTech innovations
This week’s episode of Farmland discusses mastitis control measures and the growing Irish AgTech sector, which is helping farmers to...
Agri-Business
AgTech and Enterprise Ireland to run 'agri-tech' exports discussion group
AgTech Ireland and Enterprise Ireland will run a series of discussion groups on exporting for agricultural technology companies, the first...
Agri-Business
Agri-innovators urged to enter Innovation Arena competition
Enterprise Ireland’s Annual Innovation Arena Awards 2022 have today (Monday, April 11) officially been launched, as the competition physically returns...
Rural Life
Applications open to colleges for Macra technology award
Entries opened today (April 4), for students in Irish agricultural colleges to apply for the Macra na Feirme Farm Business...
Agri-Business
Irish start-up reaches final of global accelerator programme
Irish ag-tech company, Iamus Technologies, has been announced as a finalist in the THRIVE global accelerator programme, and is set...
Agri-Business
Autonomous robot start-up among UCD AgTech winners
Three companies – Cotter Agritech, ProvEye and Izario – have been announced as winners of University College Dublin’s (UCD) inaugural...
N.Ireland
CattleEye secures $2.5 million seed investment to launch autonomous stock monitoring system
Belfast-based livestock monitoring technology company CattleEye has closed a $2.5 million (€2.1 million) seed investment round. The money has come...
Agri-Business
From microbials to nanosatellites: Meet the 17 start-ups driving the agri-tech revolution
The inventors behind 17 agri-tech solutions will present their ground-breaking technologies at this year’s virtual World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit. The...
N.Ireland
World Agri-Tech Summit announces start-up innovation challenge
Entries are now open for the World Agri-Tech challenge for start-ups with innovative solutions to support sustainable agriculture. The World...
Agri-Business
Farm automation 'hackathon' to generate ideas to make farm robotics safer
While the advancement of autonomous farm vehicles offers new economic and environmental benefits, their future growth also presents the new...
Agri-Business
Ag-tech experts and growers to create prototype robotic lettuce harvester
Work is underway in the UK to develop a robotic solution to horticultural labour shortages to help secure the harvest...
