Agri-tech

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Agri-Food Themes at Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology

Senior Lecturer in Agriculture, Simon Goodger, recently gave a fascinating presentation which covered five key themes that LIAT will focus on. You can view Simon’s full presentation here. One of the themes of Simon’s presentation is Robotic Automation- a crucial element of Agri-Food Technology.  A video of LIAT’s very own farming robot, Thorvald...

LIAT at Lincolnshire Farming Conference 2017

The Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) were pleased to attend the Lincolnshire Farming Conference 2017, at the well known Lincolnshire Showground. As a yearly event held at the home of the historic Lincolnshire Show, the day was an excellent opportunity for people working in the Agricultural sector to learn about new...

LIAT’s very own Thorvald featured on BBC’s Countryfile

BBC One’s flagship Sunday evening programme, Countryfile, this week featured the pioneering work of the Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT). As part of the show’s Lincolnshire programme, Director of LIAT Professor Simon Pearson, introduced the University’s Thorvald robot, which is designed to support a range of agri-tech experiments...

Branston are looking for soon-to-be graduates

Graduating soon? Branston wants you. They’ve just released their Graduate Development Programme and you could be the lucky one joining the team. Here’s the application below! We’re always looking for bright people with bags of potential to join our team. If you’re getting close to graduating and you’re looking for...

Showcasing the cutting edge of new agri-food technology

Robotic harvesting of vegetables, automated weeding techniques and the use of sensitive disease detection software were among the innovative technologies showcased at the UK’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing as part of a new agri-tech initiative. Launched in line with the Government’s quest for the UK to become a...