This week we’re about birds, biologicals, the future of farm machinery and the importance of language when talking about nature and the environment.

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🪶 🍂 The berry bounty currently bursting forth in UK hedgerows awaits the winter bird visitors – but will it hold long enough to feed them in this “false autumn?” And the trade-off between the Government’s Drought Support Package for farmers and the impact on food and cover for over-wintering birds and insects.

🙂 🥱 From visions of bucolic scenes of local wildlife, to institutional policies and targets - words matter, according to some of the latest research.

🚜 Rabobank releases its latest update on the European farm machinery sector and we take a deeper dive into the findings in this month’s blog from Agri-TechE.

🗣️ 📆 Member catch-ups and event planning for 2027……stand by with your diaries!

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In a week where the Government announced a Drought Support Package for farmers, we're calling anyone who wants to meet agritech start-ups…..

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☔ With just 1mm of rain falling in some parts of the Fens this week, we dive into the details of the new Support Package. Is it a drop in the ocean of what’s really needed?

💷 Come and Focus on Finance with us on the 17th Sept, featuring start-up pitches plus a chance to learn about money available to grow your business and a state of the nation about the agri-tech funding landscape. We have two exhibition slots left for business support organisations – and all the start-ups we feature will receive a free investment-readiness analysis from headline event sponsor SyndetAI .

🙌 The Agri-TechE network is officially “Fantastic” – or at least the list of our UK members applying to attend the Agromek trade show in Denmark is!

🤝 Collect 5 @BASIS points for the REAP2026 conference (and farmers – bag yourself a bursary to attend). Plus we have one spot for sponsorship remaining if you'd like to put your brand to one of the UK's key agri-tech conferences.

And check out the Agri-Tech Week programme (19th – 23rd October)….which events will you be attending?

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We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions.

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🪱 Today’s vlog standing in front a compost pile ready for incorporation – helping build soil resilience for future extreme weather.

Three different members deploying three different member benefits

📣 Raising the profile of their technology

🤝 Bring introduced to the right people for their business needs

❓ Specific tech “asks” from a fruit farmer….watch the vid to find out if you can help!

Also, catching up with Bitwise Agronomy and how their AI-enabled platform (“Barbara!”) has provided forecasting services for 12,000km of strawberries as well as work out where yield is being lost in strawbs and other berries. (Spoiler alert, it’s not always where the grower thinks it is).

🖥️ Taking the summer to sort out the database and do some crucial updates – making everyone’s life easier (we hope!)

☎️ And finally, an exciting call from BBC Panorama…

News, trends, and breakthroughs shaping the future of farming, brought to you by Agri-TechE.

We are a not-for-profit, independent organisation for our members. We bring together forward-thinking farmers, researchers, technologists, and agri-businesses to foster collaboration and drive impactful solutions.

https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/

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