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Agriculture news in the UK

An overview of news, trends and research in the Agriculture industry in the UK:

BBGC launches CRTM Implementation Readiness Assessment for commodity groups UK-headquartered BBGC has introduced a new Quick Scan aimed at helping commodity groups assess their readiness before undertaking the implementation of a new Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CT
07 July 2025
Top companies could lose $1 trillion annually to climate risks As climate risks intensify, businesses across all sectors face imminent threats to their value chains, from raw material scarcity to infrastructure damage.
01 July 2025
Thomson Environmental Consultants named on Environment Agency framework Thomson Environment Consultants has expanded its client portfolio after being appointed to the Environment Agency’s Ecological Framework.
04 February 2025
Extreme weather events in Europe to hit food supply chains The number of extreme weather events in Europe has increased by almost half over the last two years.
06 June 2024
Dairy farmers must prepare for climate change Dairy farmers could take a lead out of the book of ‘big business’ when it comes to planning for the impacts of climate change.
19 December 2023
Atos and WWF partner up to support biodiversity IT consulting firm Atos has announced a new strategic partnership with WWF.
27 November 2023
Climate tech investment tumbles 40% over 2023 Climate technology has been one of the major casualties of the last year’s M&A slowdown, with the volume and value of related deals sinking to their lowest rates in over five years.
24 October 2023
Consultants help Natural Resources Wales boost user-driven content Natural Resources Wales decided to boost its design and strategy capabilities, to help accelerate user-centred content and help boost engagement in its environmental activities.
23 October 2023
Partnerships for Forests hits £1 billion funding milestone Since 2016, consulting firm Palladium has been managing a fund aimed at fostering private and public collaboration in sustainable foresting projects.
06 June 2023
DEFRA hands Arup and Knepp Estate development funding The UK Government’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has selected Arup and Knepp Estate to develop a new carbon measurement tool for land managers.
16 September 2022
Palladium and National Parks win award for Revere initiative A partnership between Palladium and UK National Parks has been recognised at the 2022 Business Green Leaders Awards.
21 July 2022
BJSS announces programme to restore 125 acres of Yorkshire Dales Technology and engineering consultancy BJSS has announced a new programme to preserve and restore a core meadow of the Yorkshire Dales.
20 July 2022
FRP Advisory brought in for administration of grain trader FRP Advisory has been appointed to the administration of Scotland based grain supplier Alexander Inglis & Son, in a move which is expected to impact hundreds of growers throughout the UK’s north.
31 May 2021
How AI is helping WWF battle illegal deforestation Digitalisation has already had a major impact on the world of business, but now a project helmed by Deloitte has helped the World Wildlife Fund wield new technology in the fight to protect the world’
19 June 2020
DTE and Hill Dickinson advise on acquisition of Vatre Griffon Corporation subsidiary AMES Companies has acquired Vatre Group, a UK supplier of innovative garden pottery and associated products sold to leading UK and Ireland garden centres.
02 January 2020
Ecosulis aids communication strategy of WWF-UK Bath-based environmental consultancy Ecosulis has been engaged by the World Wildlife Fund to work on its communications campaigns in Scotland, Wales and England.
22 August 2019
Scotland's farms take £161 million hit from extreme weather The UK’s agricultural sector has been severely impacted by extreme weather conditions over the last 12 months, as the number of livestock dying early increased by more than 100,000 animals across the
15 May 2019
First Consulting implements data platform in greenhouse horticulture First Consulting has worked with Hortilux, a supplier of plant growth light solutions for the greenhouse sector, in the design, development and implementation of a real-time web-based customer portal
11 January 2019
FRP to administrate farmer-owned Angus Cereals The future of a Scottish farming co-operative has been left hanging in the balance, with administrators rushing to find a buyer ahead of the year’s cereal harvest.
18 July 2018
Mott MacDonald designs and develops phase one of Don River flood protection The 2007 floods along the River Don caused considerable social and economic damage to Lower Don Valley.
13 March 2018
Internet of Things cultivation boosts greenhouse horticulture Partnering with horticultural specialists at Hortilux, First Consulting has developed a data-driven Internet of Things (IoT) application for a client in the greenhouse horticulture sector.
08 March 2018
Sequential cropping could resurrect bio-fuel industry The concept of bio-fuel may be on the brink of a global resurrection, as sequential cropping may provide feed-stock for bio-fuel production without impacting food production.
03 November 2017
Aquaculture booms amid fears of overfishing For the first time in history, fish farming has overtaken captured fisheries as the leading per capita supplier of fish.
21 July 2017
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef natural wonder valued at A$56 billion The Great Barrier Reef, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, is valued at A$56 billion, while creating 64,000 jobs.
14 July 2017
Value of Agtech startup funding falls 30%, deal volume remains stable Investment value in the Agtech startup scene fell 30% to $3.2 billion, on the back of increased investor scrutiny, investor sentiment and general uncertainty.
09 February 2017
Ricardo Energy & Environment creates anaerobic RHI reporting tool In a bid to incentivise the use of a range of renewable energy technologies to produce heat, the UK Government launched the Renewable Heat Incentive programme.
26 October 2016
Investments in agriculture technology startups boom to 4.6 billion The Agtech startup market, like much of the startup scene, has seen explosive growth in investments in recent years, with total investments increasing more than eightfold since 2010 to $4.6 billion.
30 May 2016
Cambridge Consultants develops eco-friendly spray Cambridge Consultants has developed an eco-friendly spray technology that cuts agricultural use of chemicals by more than 99%, helping farmers save costs and also protect the environment.
03 December 2015
Dutch Dummen Orange swaps private equity owners London-headquartered private equity firm BC Partners recently bought a majority stake in Dümmen Orange, valuing the Dutch flower breeder at around $500 million.
09 November 2015
French Field Crops added value could rise 50 percent French Field Crop players currently produce €18 billion in market value.
10 February 2015
Acumen & Bain launch roadmap for smallholder farmers Earlier this week Bain & Company and Acumen released the report ‘Growing Prosperity: Developing Repeatable Models to Scale the Adoption of Agricultural Innovations’ that focuses on how smallholder fa
20 November 2014
GSI opens Hungary factory after BCI location analysis Agricultural machinery manufacturer GSI recently opened its first factory on the European continent.
09 October 2014

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