Digging for Innovation – Finalists Announced
After a great response to our ‘Digging for Innovation‘ competition, we are delighted to share with you our six finalists: Wroot Water –”I have been interested in farming growing crops ...
Digging for Innovation, Meet the Judge; Soil Health Expert Blog from Prof. Jenni Dungait
Soil science seeks to increase our knowledge and understanding of how soils work because our lives literally depend on it. After decades of treating soils like dirt, science is revealing ...
Farm491 Member Blog: Looking for better crops and higher margins? Try OptiYield.
The 2020 growing season can, at best, be described as ‘challenging’, for many reasons, not least of which has been the global COVID-19 pandemic and the pressure it has put ...
The Digging for Innovation Challenge Prize
Alongside sponsor BASF, Farm491 is delighted to announce the launch of The Digging for Innovation Challenge Prize featuring a £5000 cash award to the winner. New for 2020/21, the Challenge ...
Farm491 Member MagGrow Attracts $7.1m Investment for Series A Round
MagGrow, an Irish agtech startup harnessing magnetism to make crop spraying more accurate and less chemically intensive, has closed its Series A round at €6 million ($7.1 million). Impact investor ...
New service gives farmers and food producers real time alerts about their operations
A specialist agri-tech business based in Cornwall, has introduced a new service to give farmers and food producers access to real time alerts about their operations. With the ability to ...
Pivot East launched by GROW and Farm491 to bring UK and EU agrifood startups to Asia-Pacific market
GROW, Southeast Asia’s first dedicated agrifood tech accelerator, and Farm491, the agritech incubator and innovation space located at the UK’s Royal Agricultural University, are unveiling a new program to help ...
Graintab – the new and proven online grain marketing platform for independent insights and clear marketing advice
Instant access to large volumes of information has ironically made grain marketing decision making harder and farmers are none the wiser as to what they should be doing, but there is ...
Member Story – Square Mile Farms: Our Journey So Far
Square Mile Farms: Our Journey So Far As we embark on a new chapter, we reflect on our objectives and our journey. So… here we are, finally about to launch ...
Becoming a business mentor
Farm491 is a UK based leading technology incubator and innovation space focused on the future of farming and food systems. Based and owned by the Royal Agricultural University the Farm491 ...