Rice in the Fens: UK trials first homegrown paddy as climate-smart farming takes root
Innovative peatland rewetting project aims to cut emissions, boost food security, and future-proof British agriculture
Innovation & trends
Lithuanian soil carbon deal aims to catalyse regenerative farming across Europe
InSoil and Anew Climate launch strategic collaboration to market 500,000 verified carbon removals, unlocking new financial and agronomic support for farmers
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From battlefield to farm field: What agri-tech can learn from military r&d
The path to market beyond pilot stage can be slow for agtech innovations. What lessons can be found in the defence sector?
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit London 2025
Inside Syngenta’s Cropwise: How the ag giant is using tech to help farmers
Ag giant Syngenta continues to evolve its digital platform with the help of AI and partnerships
PATS lands €2.7M to scale bat-inspired pest control drones for growers worldwide
Dutch agri-tech firm PATS is using fresh seed funding to accelerate development, expand internationally, and make automated pest control more accessible to growers facing rising sustainability pressures
Genomines raises $45M to grow nickel from plants, not mines
French start-up Genomines has raised an oversubscribed $45 million Series A to scale its groundbreaking approach to metal extraction
Listening, learning, and linking innovation to UK real-world needs
The UK Agri-Tech Centre aligns its efforts with the UK’s industrial strategy, focusing on four to five key areas where technology can address pressing agricultural challenges, explains its engagement director Helen Brooks
Digging deep: Agricarbon to lead soil carbon assessment across Northern Ireland
The soil carbon measurement specialist will deliver deep soil carbon sampling as part of one of the world’s most comprehensive nutrient and carbon mapping schemes
AI to the farm: Nine start-ups join UK accelerator to reinforce agri-food supply chains
Digital Catapult’s latest cohort aims to future-proof the UK’s agri-food sector with deep tech innovation, tackling challenges from dairy forecasting to biodiversity monitoring
Moa Technology and Nufarm fast-track breakthrough herbicide
UK crop protection innovator Moa Technology and global agchem firm Nufarm have accelerated development of a novel mode of action, reaching a key milestone a year ahead of industry norms
Natural astaxanthin sector gathers momentum with fresh entrants
Italian startup, Asteasier, has begun to commercialize microalgae strains while Corbion partners with Kuehnle AgroSystems on fermentation route
AXA Climate backs regenerative farming amid growing climate risks
The French insurance giant calls agricultural transition ‘a vital opportunity’ as it eyes rising demand as farmers face risks from climate change, pests and market shocks
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit London 2025
AI-powered insights set to identify best vegetable varieties for growers worldwide
Syngenta Vegetable Seeds and Heritable Agriculture enter a collaboration to optimize commercial crop portfolios using AI
Tech tide: Three Norwegian aquatech firms reshaping sustainable seafood
As global demand for sustainable seafood rises, Norway’s aquatech sector is leading the charge with cutting-edge innovations that promise cleaner oceans, healthier fish, and smarter farming
NeoFarm breaks ground on Europe’s largest agroecological vegetable farm following €30m fundraise
French agtech pioneer accelerates rollout of robotized organic farming infrastructure across Europe
Robots vs. mildew: Angus Soft Fruits turns to tech after scorching summer
UV-powered robots help Scottish berry growers protect crops and boost yields amid climate challenges, the company reveals
Vertical farms release more emissions than fields, study warns
A new study led by the University of Surrey in the UK has found that while vertical farms dramatically increase lettuce yields and use far less water, the carbon footprint still exceeds traditional lettuce farming – raising important questions about how...
Is this the UK’s chance to lead on sustainable aviation fuels?
The UK faces a once-in-a-generation opportunity to spearhead sustainable aviation fuels, create future-proof jobs, and secure over £10 billion investment by 2030, claims a new report. But is feedstock availability adequate to propel the market?
PepsiCo, Mars and ADM push regenerative agriculture in Poland
The trio have joined forces to launch a regenerative agriculture programme in Poland, initially supporting 24 farmers adopt sustainable practices across their crop rotations
Klim’s UK arrival: a new era for regenerative food systems?
There is ‘huge potential’ for regenerative agriculture adoption in the UK despite the rolling back of incentives for farmers, says German insetting company Klim as it enters the British market
Solving clubroot with AI? NRGene Green shares field test data on seed breeding tech
NRGene Green is using AI-based crop genomics to discover traits to address a persistent problem for Canadian canola farmers – clubroot disease
MyEasyFarm AI enhances carbon data accuracy for Gaïago
French company MyEasyFarm will provide advanced measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) services for bio-fertiliser producer Gaïago’s Soil Carbon programme
Dutch AI tools give new clarity to greenhouse growers
Greenhouse growers will enjoy ‘unprecedented clarity into the physiological state of their crops’ after Dutch AI-powered horticulture specialist Source.ag launched new metric tools
Moa Technology poised to crack bioherbicide conundrum after uncovering new weed control category
The UK company says it sees real potential in cracking the “super tough conundrum” of bioherbicides after announcing the discovery of chemistries that could form an entirely new category of crop protection product
Nofence upgrades virtual fencing tech to collar rural area connectivity
Virtual fencing company Nofence has launched a new collar-to-collar communication system that improves connectivity for its virtual fencing collars, especially in remote areas with poor mobile signal
Sweden: ‘Unlock phosphorus recycling for feed industry’
Stockholm wants EU to reduce its reliance on Russian imports and reshape the European phosphorus market
Investor profile
Cibus Capital’s blend of private equity and venture is bearing fruit
In most corners of finance, private equity and venture capital live in two separate worlds. One goes for established companies and scales them steadily. The other bets on risky start-ups and hopes for breakout wins. Yet through blending the two, Cibus...
Radical methane tech tackles dairy’s farm emissions
Proven to destroy up to 90% of dilute methane, Ambient Carbon’s tech could supercharge dairy companies’ climate goals, slash scope 3 emissions
Top 10 recap: Innovations, startups, industry trend stories of August 2025
In this Top 10 recap, AgTechNavigator spotlights the most-read stories of August 2025, covering breakthrough innovations, rising startups, and the trends shaping the future of farming
Autonomous tractors… a cornerstone of a more environmentally sustainable food system?
Driverless machinery on farms offers a host of eco-friendly benefits compared to traditional heavy agricultural equipment, says a farmer who uses the same innovation as Jeremy Clarkson
Precision farming start-up eyes growth after innovation award
British company Permia Sensing received the Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership Innovation Award from Innovate UK for its technology to monitor red and black palm weevils in palm plantations in Ghana, as the agtech start-up prepares to scale
Weetabix on why lower-carbon farming ‘absolutely’ makes commercial sense
The cereal giant committed to a long-term, collaborative effort to scale lower-carbon farming after recording a 50% reduction in on-farm wheat emissions
Calls for soil carbon market to become more accessible for smaller-scale regenerative producers
A structural redesign is needed to align the soil carbon market with regenerative farming, claims the European nonprofit Climate Farmers
The AI tech giving Coca-Cola an ‘incredible opportunity’ to tackle emissions at source
Earlier this year Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) announced a partnership with AI-driven plant breeding start-up Avalo. The project hopes to find sugarcane varieties that offer better yields from lesser quantities of water and fertiliser, explains...
Regenerative farming project tackles lack of credible data
The UK will be a pilot location for a Europe-wide project designed to validate and verify the impact of regenerative farming practices in potato production
‘I was thinking this is old stuff’... Going retro could be key to the future of food, says plant scientist Mark Tester
Professor Mark Tester has spent the last decade on a quest to engineer crops to grow in the harshest of circumstances. A breakthrough has unlikely roots in decades-old science, he tells Harry Holmes
3D printing in agriculture outpacing global norm
A report reveals a rise in adoption of 3D printing in the agriculture sector
‘Programmable plants’ to be created by British agri-biotech Azotic Technologies
Farmers could soon apply microbes to crops to ‘reprogram’ them to be resistant against pests, diseases and environmental stress such as drought and heat, as a new research project gets under way
Meet the start-up hoping to turn Europe’s wastewater into high-quality fertilisers
Finland’s NPHarvest has launched its first industrial-scale ‘nutrient catcher’ demo unit in Turkey
How good is crushed volcanic rock at storing carbon? It’s all about the soil, say scientists
Spreading crushed volcanic rock on farmland could help capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and even boost crop yields, a new Anglo-French study suggests. But success depends on local soil conditions
Top 10 recap: Innovations, startups, industry trend stories of July 2025
In this Top 10 recap, AgTechNavigator spotlights the most-read stories of July 2025, covering breakthrough innovations, rising startups, and the trends shaping the future of farming
World Agri-Tech South America Summit 2025
Analysing Brazil’s ag sector: 7 stories from World Agri-Tech South America Summit 2025
Brazil might be leading the sustainable agricultural revolution, but trade challenges and macroeconomic issues threaten the country’s economic ambitions
Space exploration ‘crucial’ for future of agriculture
Designing food systems for astronauts can help promote sustainable agriculture on the earth, specialists believe
2026 Canola season: Nutrien Ag releases 4 seed hybrids for Western Canadian farmers
Canadian canola farmers grapple with the threat of two serious diseases — blackleg and clubroot — but now have four more seed options to circumvent these challenges
PLF pioneer SoundTalks plots growth after Boehringer distribution partnership winds down
SoundTalks continues to have backing of existing shareholders, illustrating a confidence in the company and the future of PLF, according to the CEO
Crop boost: China approves 153 new wheat varieties that save cost, boost efficiency
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) approves 153 new wheat varieties of which 80% are high-yield varieties to increase productivity and profit.
Nanoparticles for crop protection? Tecnologico de Monterrey shares research
Research coming out of Mexico’s Tecnologico de Monterrey is demonstrating the potential of nanoparticles as an alternative to synthetic fertilizers and genetically modified crops
Sector crises illustrate curse of ‘tech looking for the problem’
What explains the troubles facing Dutch plant health start-up Plense Technologies, which is winding down, and French robotics firm Naïo Technologies, which has entered receivership?
Hub and running: South Asia gets own ‘breeding hub’ to advance crop development in the region
South Asia now has a dedicated ‘breeding hub’ to accelerate crop innovation in the region and give growers access to the very latest global breeding innovations.