“2023 has been quite a year in the farming industry,” observed John Barrett, Director of Sentry, and Chair of the Agri-TechE Stakeholder Group, as he opened the REAP Conference. “We started the year with wheat prices at a record high and have finished with wheat prices falling and crop input costs seemingly out of control.
“Such is the rollercoaster of farming, but our challenge is to try and take back some of that control and reduce those costs, by adapting our businesses and learning from others. This is very much the ethos of REAP.”
Rapid change has been a feature of the last five years, with far-reaching impacts on global agriculture and horticulture. The mood at the REAP conference was surprisingly buoyant as the agri-tech ecosystem came together to discuss emerging technology, science, and on-farm practices, that are providing opportunities for optimism.
We have attempted to capture some of that positivity in the REAP 2023 report.
Download the report below.
