From the input to the market: the decisions behind what is grown, sold and funded.
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Amsterdam-based Source.ag, whose software runs in more than 500 greenhouses in 25 countries, did not disclose terms. Optimal founder Dave Hunter joins as VP Autonomous Control.
HARVEST is one of eight Robotics Adoption Hubs backed by £40 million. It includes a £1 million fund for robotics firms and a £500,000 robot test track at Riseholme.
The UK registered 1,033 agricultural tractors in September 2026, up 10.8% on a year earlier, taking the January to September total to 8,317, up 17.4%, the AEA said.
Machine sales fell by around 5% to 113,498 units as JCB cited a 12% market contraction in India; it is spending £100 million on its Staffordshire headquarters and opening a Texas plant.
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
