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八月 04, 2025
PACE Mechanical Handling Launches AI-Powered 'Gateway' for Smarter, Stress-Free Packing Line Automation
PACE Mechanical Handling now includes AI-powered performance monitoring as standard in its packing machines, offering free alerts for maintenance needs. This new 'Gateway' feature ensures peace of mind for fresh produce and potato packers.
七月 22, 2025
Aberystwyth University Leads AI Research to Tackle Potato Blight and Safeguard Global Food Security
Aberystwyth University leads a cross-border AI project to combat potato late blight, a disease causing €4B in losses annually. The DeepDetect app will help farmers detect infections early, cutting pesticide use and boosting sustainable farming.
七月 10, 2025
Graham Bannister, GB Potatoes Development Manager, Shares Near-Fatal Accident to Stress Emergency Preparedness
After a near-fatal accident at his remote home, Graham Bannister stresses the importance of emergency preparedness, rural connectivity, and using tools like satellite calling and What3words to stay safe while working alone in isolated areas.
五月 28, 2025
James Hutton Institute to Host ‘Potato – The Path to a Bright Future’ Webinar on International Day of Potato
Join the James Hutton Institute's webinar on May 30, International Day of Potato, to explore UK potato production challenges and innovations in breeding, sustainability, AI tools, and pest control. Hosted by NPIC and Professor Ingo Hein.
六月 09, 2024
Potato harvest sensor provider HarvestEye appoints new distributor in Scotland
Accelerating its national ambitions within the grower, packer and processor market, machine-learning driven crop insights tool HarvestEye has secured a distributorship in Scotland – teaming with agricultural and machinery supplier Agricar. Sponsored Content
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一月 07, 2024
Farmers are being called on to help train robots to spot slugs and the damage they cause to arable crops.
The ground-breaking trial, set to start in the spring, will equip the 'Slug Sleuths' with special rigs designed to improve the complex machine-learning algorithms used to identify the slimy pests.
五月 25, 2023
Need a recipe for your Fries/Chips in the UK? Try: 'Alexa, Open McCain'
McCain Foods, world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products and a global leader in prepared appetisers and snacks, has partnered with Say It Now to launch their first Actionable Audio Ad campaign in Q2 of 2023.
五月 07, 2023
Watch your potatoes grow... Not the plants, the tubers!
Ground-Sensing technology TuberScan - developed by Agri-tech business B-hive Innovations and partners - is entering its final phase of testing both overseas and now in the UK following the start of this year’s weather-delayed potato growing season.
三月 28, 2023
Potato Manufacturer Fylde Fresh & Fabulous Joins Made Smarter’s Digitalisation Programme
Pioneering North West adoption programme supports digitalisation projects worth GBP 5m (USD 6m). A potato manufacturer has helped Made Smarter’s pioneering technology adoption programme reach its 250th investment milestone.
一月 07, 2022
Omnia introduces tool to estimate carbon footprint of agricultural production
It’s clearly understood that improved farm productivity is good for business and more recently, for carbon footprint. But the challenge has always been how to measure the cost of producing a particular crop with regards to carbon.
十一月 11, 2021
TOMRA Food to demonstrate standard-setting potato sorting machine at BP2021
TOMRA Food, the leading manufacturer of sensor-based sorting machines for the food industry, has announced that it will run machine demonstrations at BP2021, the UK-based potato industry event, later this month.







