Pioneering innovation, technology and precision engineering for UK farming. 

Website
https://agri-epicentre.com/

We are the Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation (Agri-EPI) Centre. We accelerate the research, development and adoption of precision agriculture and engineering technology.

Sustainably boosting productivity, reducing emissions and increasing profitability across the whole agri-food chain, through our world-class R&D facilities, academic and industry partners, we explore how to optimise the performance of highly complex agricultural production and processing systems.

One of four UK agri-tech centres, we also provide a testbed for the next generation of farming techniques and technology, including sensors, imaging and robotics. Our commercial field trials taking place within a UK-wide network of 28 satellite farms.

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