Hartpury to launch digital innovation farm to meet agri-tech demand
The first phase, aimed at enhancing innovation in the farming industry, will see the construction of a £2 million agri-tech centre set to launch in autumn 2019.
Lauren Dean
Hartpury University and Hartpury College has announced plans to create a digital innovation farm to meet global demand for new technology in farming.
The 10-year vision, which is said to be in response to ‘an increasingly digital world’, will include the National Centre for Agricultural Data Management and Interpretation to assist the industry in its advancement of agricultural technology, data and security.
The first phase, aimed at enhancing innovation in the farming industry, will see the construction of a £2 million agri-tech centre set to launch in autumn 2019.
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With support from the likes of the NFU, AHDB, the National Sheep Association and Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers, the centre ‘will provide farmers, students and organisations with access to the latest commercial technology’.
Vice-chancellor and chief executive of Hartpury University and principal of Hartpury College Russell Marchant said the on-site commercial working farm and new purpose-built facilities would allow the team to design, develop, evaluate and promote their new products and systems.
He said it was an ‘exciting time’ for the region.
Ambition
“These plans highlight the scale of our commitment and our ambition to be leaders in shaping the future of digital farming and beyond,” Mr Marchant said.
“Our aim is that, by 2030, the digital innovation farm will have expanded and grown into a state-of-the-art complex at Hartpury attracting leading agri-tech companies and contributing to increased productivity in Gloucestershire and the UK.”
For more information or to find out about partnering with the agri-tech centre, click here or contact agritech@hartpury.ac.uk.
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