{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68af05b01ec4fc75765719ce/69f337138dd960ac617f9c15?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Buzzing for Biodiversity this Beltane","description":"<p>We’re buzzzzzing after a great week where the Agri-TechE round up is from among the apple blossom, as we’re thinking #pollination. </p><p><br></p><p>A line-up of tech companies walked us through not just pollination monitoring <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCFljPCqPg2xMZoOOkDoVovA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@agrisound5776&nbsp;</a> but also bird ID – and, hot news – moth ID WilderSensing, soil organic carbon monitoring <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCwEWH7wAg-9h2i_zXJK0o4w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@DownforceTechnologies&nbsp;</a>  and a new high-tech approach to mapping “species interaction networks” <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCcjrC8BFmC04Pjy9yiyJsag\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@newcastleuni&nbsp;</a> </p><p><br></p><p>And we reflect on Rob Bradburne’s comments on the Land Use Framework in his role as Chief Scientist of the <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC8XLubOua8P9B1hT0Qb5Tbg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@EnvironmentAgencyTV&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p>Member catch ups with <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCYTQK8E2dzZu-1IVaHLsXVg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@Cambridgeconsultants&nbsp;</a> , <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCWDwcOSHBO0Ji3CkZ5Ozi_w\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@CropLifeUK&nbsp;</a> , <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCc5vZEM1MLUzCrg_aZIJdeA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@cambridgeuniversity&nbsp;</a>  and <a href=\"https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCrH6tAf1fxYyrhxW5erXd9A\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;@syngenta&nbsp;</a> … work has started on the new BioSTaR building – their new 9,500m2, 3 storey purpose-designed facility for 21st Century bio-based research at Jealott’s Hill. £100m into UK agricultural research – cause for celebration!</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks to our latest Stakeholder Group cohort – great to get your views and hear your perspectives from your parts of the industry – from farming, to research, processing, investment and agronomy. </p><p><br></p><p>Hope you enjoyed this week’s Evolve newsletter  - if you don’t receive it and would like to you can sign up here: https://www.agri-tech-e.co.uk/civicrm/profile/create/?gid=32&amp;reset=1</p>","author_name":"Agri-TechE"}