Farmers, researchers and innovators from across the region joined the REAP Conference in Peterborough, organised by the Agri-TechE network.

Access to funding, technology fragmentation, and a misalignment with farmers’ needs were identified as perennial barriers to the adoption of the latest agri-tech.

But delegates heard that new funding streams and a more open approach to co-developing new technology was making it easier to bring the benefits onto farms.

Former NFU president Baroness Minette Batters speaking at Agri-TechE’s REAP conference (Image: Agr-TechE)

The keynote speaker was Baroness Minette Batters, the former NFU president who was appointed by the........

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