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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Policy & trade, United KingdomEnvironmental income opportunities for UK farmers: understanding public schemes and emerging private marketsUK farmers can earn from Sustainable Farming Incentive and Countryside Stewardship payments, woodland and peatland carbon credits, biodiversity net gain and water company schemes as delinked payments shrink.
- Policy & trade, IndiaUnder concessional duty quota, India permitted to export 3,675 tonnes of additional sugar to UKThe DGFT has notified an additional 3,675 tonnes of raw or refined sugar for export to the UK under a tariff-rate quota, on top of the 10,000-tonne EU CXL quota.
- Machinery, United KingdomStrategic spare parts planning for UK arable harvest operations: a risk management frameworkUK arable farms should base harvest spare parts stocks on how likely a failure is, how hard the repair is and how badly it would stop work, with combines the top priority.
- Deals & capital, United KingdomMuddy Machines: how this London AI robotics startup raised £7.8 million to automate crop harvestingLondon robotics company Muddy Machines raised £7.8 million in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures in October 2024 to scale up its AI-guided robots for harvesting asparagus and other vegetables.
- Policy & trade, United KingdomMPs and Lords write to British PM to talk to his Indian counterpart PM Modi over the farmers’ protestOver 100 UK MPs and Lords signed a cross-party letter, gathered by Labour MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, asking Boris Johnson to raise the Indian farmers' protest with Prime Minister Modi.
- Soil, water & climate, United KingdomSoil health revolution: how UK farmers are using biological testing to increase organic matter and reduce inputsUK arable farms are adding biological soil tests, covering microbial biomass, fungal to bacterial ratios and enzyme activity, to chemical analysis to guide cover cropping, reduced tillage and organic amendments.
- Markets, United KingdomUK cattle markets: understanding supply constraints and price dynamics in 2024-2025GB deadweight cattle prices hit a record 702p per kg in early May 2025 as cattle numbers fell, while some store prices rose over 40% and beef demand began to ease.
- Markets, United Kingdom4 surprising facts about how veganism is impacting farming: is it bad?Plant-based eating has grown in the UK, with record Veganuary sign-ups and rising oat milk sales, but its effect on meat and dairy farming has so far been limited.
- Machinery, United KingdomThe heavyweight championship: John Deere X9 1100 vs Claas Lexion 8900Compares John Deere's X9 1100 and Claas's Lexion 8900 combines on power, threshing, cleaning, grain handling and automation, drawing on PAMI tests and UK operators.