Welcome to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, the podcast from the UK Agri-Tech Centre.

In this episode, we’re joined by two of our colleagues: Dr Harry Langford, Innovation Director, who brings expertise in soil science and environmental engineering and Dr Alex McCormack, Agronomy Innovation Lead, who specialises in novel fertilisers, early disease detection and the development of new farming systems for arable and horticultural crops.

Together, we explore our latest report: The future of arable and horticulture innovation. Created to give a clear overview of UK crop production and to explore the challenges, opportunities and emerging trends shaping the sector.

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This episode was published on November 28, 2025

Welcome to Let's Talk Agri Tech, the podcast from the UK Agri-Tech Centre.

Today, we're talking about the Vineyard Frost Project, an innovative project bringing together cutting-edge forecasting, smart sensors and machine learning to help growers protect their vines.

We speak with two experts from Weatherquest: Steve Dorling, founder and head of innovation and Marcus Krumins, data scientist. Steve and Marcus discuss why frost risk matters, traditional mitigation methods, the tech behind the Vineyard Frost Project and the new Vine Buddy service designed to help growers make smarter, sustainable decisions.

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This episode was published on November 13, 2025

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Welcome to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, the podcast from the UK Agri-Tech Centre. In this episode, we're diving into the future of livestock farming through the lens of epigenomics and precision agriculture. We're joined by Dr Andrew Lessey, COO of Antler Bio, a fast growing agri-tech business that's transforming how we understand and manage dairy herds. Andrew shares the story of AntlerBio's growth and Epiherd, a tool that uses gene expression data to boost productivity, sustainability and animal welfare.

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This episode was published on November 5, 2025

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Welcome to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, the podcast from the UK Agri-Tech Centre. In this episode, we'll be talking about the innovative and exciting GreenShed project, designed to revolutionise livestock farming, combining cutting-edge technology with circular economy principles. In this episode, we talk to three of the project partners, No Pollution, Organic Power Ireland and Galebreaker, to hear all about this groundbreaking project, which is based at SRUC.

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This episode was published on: October 15, 2025

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Welcome to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, the podcast from the UK Agri-Tech Centre. In this episode, we speak to Burak Karadag, Founder and CTO of Debye Ltd, to discuss his transition from aerospace engineering to agriculture and his work on plasma-based nitrogen fixation, particularly in the Electric Nitrogen project in collaboration with the UK Agri-Tech Centre.

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This episode was published on: July 3, 2025

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Welcome to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, the podcast from the UK Agri-Tech Centre. In this episode, we are joined by Chris Knight from Agribot and Mike Jones from the UK Agri Tech Centre to talk about the Grassland Modelling Project and discuss how artificial intelligence, satellite data and climate models are transforming agriculture.

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This episode was published on: June 18, 2025

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Welcome back to the Let's Talk Agri-Tech, where we explore the role of innovation and technology in the future of farming. This mini series is built around the insights from our latest report, Innovation and Technology: The Farmer’s Perspective, which captures the views of farmers on what they need from agri-tech, the barriers to adoption and how we can co-develop better solutions.

Over the course of this series, we’ll be speaking with experts to unpack these themes in more detail.

Today, we’re joined by Claire Hodge, Head of Agri-Systems at the UK Agri-Tech Centre, to discuss how we can better integrate farmers’ knowledge into research and development, the role of co-development and what it takes to bridge the gap between innovation and on-farm application.

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This Episode was published on: April 17, 2025

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Welcome back to Let's Talk Agri-Tech, where we explore the role of innovation and technology in the future of farming. This mini-series is built around the insights from our latest report, Innovation and Technology: The Farmer’s Perspective, which captures the views of farmers on what they need from agri-tech, the barriers to adoption, and how we can co-develop better solutions.

Throughout this series, we’ll be speaking with experts to unpack these themes in more detail. Today, we're focussing on knowledge exchange. How farmers learn, share information and adopt new practices. We're joined by Sarah Nightingale, Knowledge Exchange Manager at the UK Agri-Tech Centre to explore these areas.

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This Episode was published on: March 13, 2025

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