{"podcast":{"title":"Our Week in Agri-Tech","slug":"our-week-in-agri-tech-7484107","podcast_index_feed_id":7484107,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68af05b01ec4fc75765719ce","website_url":"https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1756300706774-c80eef56-78d4-47af-b72c-87c84603722d.jpeg","author":"Agri-TechE","episode_count":37,"summary":"Our Week in Agri-Tech delivers your essential weekly update on agriculture and technology. From the latest agri-innovation and precision farming tools to sustainability breakthroughs and agtech startup news, we cover the trends shaping the future of farming. Stay informed with expert insights, industry developments, and key stories driving the agri-tech revolution. Perfect for farmers, agtech professionals, and anyone interested in the future of food and farming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T20:17:01.563790+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/our-week-in-agri-tech-7484107"},"episode":{"title":"Down Under at evokeAG","slug":"down-under-at-evokeag","published_at":"2026-02-20T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/our-week-in-agri-tech-7484107/down-under-at-evokeag","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/our-week-in-agri-tech-7484107","url":"https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/are-trls-tailored-for-real-life-agriculture-or-is-it-time-for-a-change/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68af05b01ec4fc75765719ce/e/69982b3b7012ce5376f5d8e7/media.mp3","summary":"This week's Agri-TechE round-up come from high above the Yarra river, hot (literally) from the AgriFutures evokeAG conference in Melbourne, Australia.   🫶 Aligning mindsets with some utter legends in global #agritech , in particular the awesome Brendan O'Connell ; Peter Wren-Hilton ; Meg Lovegrove and Rob Hulme .   💡 Being inspired by the keynote address by Andrew Bate , farmer and founder of SwarmFarm Robotics - check out my blog on our website with thoughts about agri-tech R & D.....(as well as E, A and S). And while we're on the alphabet soup, some reflections about TRLs - are they fit for purpose for agri-tech innovations?   🤝 Very much enjoyed seeing our Antipodean members, includingthe Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) , Agnition Ventures and also the Aussie arm of Dyneval . And remember Moa Technology from #REAP2024 - they were here with a stand as well.   👏 Well done to the UK companies on the Innovate UK Global Incubator Programme - Airponix Ltd , Polysolar Limited ; O2 Agri Ltd ; Cleobury PM ; Rare Earth Global ; and The Extraordinary Berry Company. You did the UK proud showcasing your innovations around virus free seed potatoes, flexible solar panelling for polytunnels, the benefits of hyper-oxygenation in livestock prodution, waste valorisation for fertiliser, the wonders of hemp and innovative glasshouse design for strawberry production.   🙏 A massive thanks and well done to the amazing team who delivered the conference - particular shout-outs to Harriet Mellish , David Lord , Alex Bundock ; Harriet Coutts ; as well as Emma McMahon and Millie Childs.   I enjoyed the Farmers2Founders pitching session - fast-paced but high quality presentations, and great discussions with Gabrielle Munzer and Thomas Williams about the…","meta_description":"This week's Agri-TechE round-up come from high above the Yarra river, hot (literally) from the AgriFutures evokeAG conference in Melbourne, Australia. &nb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":232,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/our-week-in-agri-tech-7484107/episodes/down-under-at-evokeag/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/our-week-in-agri-tech-7484107/down-under-at-evokeag.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}