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Fruit-picking robots and carbon-saving animal feeds: Government confirms £24m agri-tech funding boost

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clock 20 July 2020 •
Fruit-picking robots and carbon-saving animal feeds: Government confirms £24m agri-tech funding boost

Nine new projects to share latest wave of government's green farming R&D funding

The government has announced the recipients for its latest wave of sustainable farming R&D funding, awarding £24m of support to nine projects working on everything from carbon capture technologies to fruit-picking...

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