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Agri - Bio

Sector Intelligence

Report Aims:

1. Define agri-bio and its component fields of research

2. Outline challenges and trends for the sector

3. Map agri-bio organisations in Norfolk and Suffolk

4. List available sources of funding

WWW.GOBIO.UK

WWW.INNOVATIONNEWANGLIA.COM

WWW.HETHELINNOVATION.COM

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About Innovation New Anglia

Innovation New Anglia is an innovation-led business support program operating throughout Norfolk & Suffolk.

Through a range of tools such as online support, a collaborative learning platform, innovation grants & emerging

sector networks, the program aims to help entrepreneurs & researchers’ start-up businesses, and for SMEs to

harness their innovation potential.

For more information on the project please visit: www.innovationnewanglia.com

About ERDF

The Innovation New Anglia program is part financed by the England European Regional Development Fund, as

part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Department for

Communities and Local Government is the Managing Authority for ERDF. Established by the European Union, ERDF

funds help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation,

business, create jobs and local community regeneration.

Copyright © Hethel Innovation Ltd, 2017

While every effort has been made to ensure that the information in this document is accurate at the time of going to press, no

liability for damage is accepted by Hethel Innovation Ltd arising from any errors or omissions that may appear, however

caused – or from any editorial alterations to submitted information. The author reserves the right to edit or exclude entries.

The views expressed within this Report are those of the authors, any third party may choose to make use of the Report or

extracts from it entirely at their own risk and neither the authors nor Hethel Innovation shall have any responsibility whatsoever in

relation to such use.

We welcome feedback on the issues raised by this study and comments should be sent to: [email protected]

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About the Authors

Aaron Hunter SECTOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – BIOTECH + THE BIOECONOMY

[email protected]

Since graduating in 2012 with a BSc in Biological Sciences from UEA Aaron has held

communications and research roles at a university, a professional association and a think-tank.

In his position at Innovation New Anglia Aaron works with organisations and individuals across

private and public sectors to connect the emerging bioeconomy supply + value chains.

Jason Anderson INNOVATION FACILITATOR

A masters graduate in Renewable Energy from the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales with

an undergraduate degree in Engineering from Loughborough University. Winner of the

‘Loughborough University Development Prize' in 2009. Widely travelled with a diverse portfolio of

work in the private and voluntary sectors.

Jason has since moved on in his career from Hethel Innovation.

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Contents

What is agri-bio? .............................................................................................................................. 5

Challenges, trends and trajectories .............................................................................................. 6

Global ............................................................................................................................................ 6

National ......................................................................................................................................... 8

Norfolk and Suffolk ....................................................................................................................... 9

Sector innovation map ................................................................................................................. 11

Agri-bio in Norfolk, Suffolk and the East of England .................................................................. 12

Research Institutions ................................................................................................................... 12

Funding landscape ........................................................................................................................ 13

Private investment ...................................................................................................................... 13

Private/Public Funding ............................................................................................................... 14

References ...................................................................................................................................... 17

Appendix 1. Agri-bio businesses in the East of England ............................................................ 18

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Facts and figures

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What is agri-bio?

Agri-bio is an area of research encompassing all environmental

and bio-sciences which relate to the plants, animals and microbes

that make up modern agricultural systems.

The scope of agri-bio research and technologies range from individual cells and molecules to

whole industries, including (but not limited to) the following fields:

Breeding and transgenic organisms

We have been breeding crops and livestock to suit our

needs for thousands of years, and even with today’s

advances in gene editing and breeding on the molecular

level, the aims remain the same: to increase organism

yield, health and production and improve resistance to

disease, drought and (more recently) herbicides and

other treatments.

Genomic cataloguing

The great strides made in genome sequencing

technologies in the past few decades have made it

possible to capture nature’s biodiversity on the level of

individual species and subspecies genomes. For

industrially and agriculturally vital organisms like yeasts

and plant seeds, recording the genomic counterpart to

beneficial traits will form a crucial foundation for future

research.

Precision agriculture

The arrival of big data, biosensors and the Internet of

Things will allow farmers to tend and survey their crops

and livestock in a ‘per plant, per animal’ level of detail,

spot emerging issues and better manage their

environmental impact.

Molecular diagnostics and disease control

Biosensors and automated diagnostic tools can enable

those working in agriculture to track and manage any

emerging pests or diseases, as well as survey the overall

health of their crops and livestock. This awareness

combined with biotech-derived treatments like vaccines

will support the long-term health of our organisms and

wider agricultural industry.

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Challenges, trends and trajectories

Global Over the next 40 years, interacting planet-scale forces of change will come together,

representing an unprecedented threat to the stability and security of our global food system. The

UK Government Office for Science and Foresight department (2011) describe the main forces of

change in their Future of Food and Farming report, as well as outlining five key challenges we

face:

1. Balancing future demand and supply sustainably – the growing global population and

per capita demand for food could create a rise in total demand for food of 40% by 2030

and 70% by 2050 (Alexandratos 2006). To avoid excessive price rises and widespread

hunger, production must adequately balance this rising tide of demand.

2. Addressing the threat of future volatility in the food system – Ongoing globalisation of and

deregulation of food markets will increase the risk of volatility to people across the world,

particularly in poorer countries.

3. Ending hunger – According to the UN World Food Programme, some 795 million people in

the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life (WFP 2015). Population

growth, conflict and climate change are fuelling a rise in this number, and governments

across the world must work together to improve the role of agriculture in rural

development, and make the most of our limited farming land.

4. Meeting the challenges of a low emissions world – Climate change is arguably the

greatest challenge facing humanity, and the global food system is a major emitter of

greenhouse gases. Balancing the reduction of emissions with other pressures to increase

supply will be crucial.

5. Maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services while feeding the world – Agriculture has

a complex and important relationship with the wider ecosystem and biodiversity, with

things like access to water, healthy soil and pollination critical to successful production.

Trading off the need for higher levels of production with the importance of these systems

will likely require technology and other innovations to succeed.

Addressing these substantial challenges will require disruptive and wide-ranging modifications of

the agri-food supply chain. Some of the trends we can already see include:

• Transgenic organisms – The increase in the use of transgenic (or genetically modified)

organisms in agriculture continues rapidly in developed and developing countries

worldwide, with 182 million hectares of transgenic crops planted in 2014 (Figure 1).

• Figure 1. Planting of biotech or transgenic crops worldwide, 1996 – 2014. Source: Clive James

(2014)

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FIGURE 1. PLANTING OF BIOTECH OR TRANSGENIC CROPS WORLDWIDE, 1996 – 2014. SOURCE: CLIVE JAMES (2014)

• Crops for fuel – With pressure on all countries to find sustainable and low-emission

alternatives to fossil fuels, the incentives to produce fuels from biological sources

continues to grow. World biofuel production has grown substantially in the last decade,

although the global recession has slowed this expansion (Figure 2).

FIGURE 2. WORLD BIOFUEL PRODUCTION, 2006 – 2018. SOURCE: OECD/IEA (2013

• Consumer-producer relationships – Local food systems have grown in popularity around

the world in recent years, due to a concurrent growth in support for ‘food sovereignty’.

Agri-bio innovations could support these small-scale operations to increase efficiency

while minimising their impact on the environment.

• Efficiency through precision and improved yield – Ongoing

population growth and other pressures on agricultural land have

made it imperative for farmers to ‘do more with less’.

Precision agriculture technologies like biosensors, data

handling software and microdot fertilisation could greatly

reduce farm operating costs (Nesta 2015), while advances in

genetic technologies could increase yields for key crops like

wheat, maize and soy.

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• Marginal and non-rural farming – Advances in plant environmental resistances and

growing technology have enabled innovative farmers to grow in previously unusable

spaces, including vertical farms and former air raid shelters (Growing Underground 2016).

National The UK’s agricultural competitiveness has been in decline since the early 1990s; where the UK

was once a member of the ‘high productivity growth club’, it is now towards the lower end of

more economically developed nations in terms of productivity (Figure 3).

FIGURE 3. PRODUCTIVITY IN AGRICULTURE INDEXED TO UNITED STATES 1996 LEVEL. SOURCE: DEPARTMENT FOR

ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS (2013)

This long term productivity plateau has been a direct result of the UK’s lack of funding for applied

and translational research, both within the UK and from foreign investors.

Exacerbating this lack of productivity growth in recent years has been a combination of

challenges, including poor weather, global economic pressures on domestic farming and

livestock diseases like bovine tuberculosis (Guardian 2013a,b).

Partly in response to these pressures, the UK has seen changes to its agri-bio landscape in recent

years that herald a series of broader trends. These include:

• Sustainable intensification – The UK’s Strategy for Agricultural Technologies (Defra 2013)

specifically mentions sustainable intensification as its underlying goal, with multi-million-

pound support for the new Agri-Tech Catalyst, Centres for Agricultural Innovation and a

Centre for Agricultural Informatics.

• Automation – With ongoing advances in data science and robotics, the automation of

farm processes such as weed mapping, herbicide application and even apple picking

are rapidly becoming a reality (Feeding the Future 2013).

• Precision breeding – Genomic technologies like high-throughput sequencing will enable

scientists to identify and breed varieties of crops and animals with resistance to common

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diseases and pests. Publicly available National Capabilities like the John Innes Centre’s

Germplasm Resources Unit and the Institute for Food Research National Collection of

Yeast Cultures will serve as a foundation for these research efforts.

• Waste management and recycling – Extracting value from waste products goes some

way to solving the dual issues of farmer income and pressures to minimise environmental

impact. Solutions like phosphorus recovery from animal waste (Schoumans et al. 2010)

could potentially bring great economic and environmental benefits.

Norfolk and Suffolk Challenges

The agricultural sector of Norfolk and Suffolk employs 21,400 people, more than double the rate

for England as a whole. Together with food and drink, agriculture contributes a GVA of £3.5bn,

14% of the total GVA for the region (New Anglia 2016). Agri-bio research and businesses form a

key part of the sector, with research institutes like the John Innes Centre, Institute for Food

Research and The Sainsbury’s Laboratory carrying out world-leading research into areas such as

crop breeding and genetics, food processing and health. The University of East Anglia’s research

in agri-tech also has the fifth highest rating for impact of any university in the UK (Witty 2013).

These strengths notwithstanding, there are also some notable challenges for the agri-bio sector in

Norfolk and Suffolk, relating to:

• Links between research and industry – While examples of networks like Agri-Tech East

provide opportunities for those working in agri-tech and related sciences to meet, the

network effort is generally underfunded and strategic partnerships have been limited to

date (New Anglia 2015).

• Funding for commercialisation – The Eastern England Agri-Tech Growth Initiative has

supported 29 projects as of November 2015, but Norfolk and Suffolk are only 15th out of 29

LEPs in terms of receiving ‘sustainable agri-food’ Innovate UK funding (BIS 2015), despite

the world-leading nature of local research.

In meeting these challenges, there are a number of priority areas businesses and researchers in

the region are focusing on, including (but not limited to):

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• Big data – The use of data to reduce costs for farmers is increasing, and in New Anglia

innovative farms like the Elveden Estate are reaping the benefits. However, managing

and making sense of this data will be increasingly important as use of data platforms

grows.

• Productivity – As one of the UK’s

most agricultural regions,

Norfolk and Suffolk has

experienced acutely the

ongoing plateau of

productivity for key crops like

wheat in the last 20 years,

despite advances in the lab

(Figure 4). Bringing up the

region’s productivity to an

internationally competititive

level is a priority for all those in

agri-bio.

• Crop resilience – The spread of diseases and climate change present major challenges to

agriculture, particularly as Norfolk and Suffolk are already some of the driest and hottest

counties in the UK. Research to support crop resilience, such as the John Innes Centre’s

programme on Biotic Interactions for Crop Productivity, could yield valuable commercial

opportunities.

Figure 4. Wheat yields 1953-2012, in the lab and on-

farm. Source: NIAB (2015)

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Sector innovation map

Using the trends and areas of research outlined above allows us to create a sector innovation

map (Figure 5). Going outwards from the centre of the map are the trends that are driving the

sector; the areas of research that align with these trends; the emerging technologies; and finally

the types of business that will be created for or benefit from the sector’s technological

developments.

FIGURE 5. AGRI-BIO SECTOR INNOVATION MAP, INCLUDING (OUTWARDS FROM CENTRE) KEY TRENDS, AREAS OF

RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGICAL AND OTHER PRODUCTS AND TYPES OF BUSINESS

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Agri-bio in Norfolk, Suffolk and the East of England

Research Institutions In Norfolk and Suffolk, the research institutions involved with agri-bio are chiefly based on the

Norwich Research Park, with CEFAS and Rothamsted Research’s Brooms Barns site in Suffolk as

notable exceptions. However, from a cross-county perspective the wider East of England also

has world-leading research organisations, including the University of Cambridge’s Plant Sciences

department and the BBSRC-funded Babraham Institute. The list of institutions is presented in

Figure 5 below.

FIGURE 5. AGRI-BIO RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND.

Businesses The businesses working in agri-bio in Norfolk, Suffolk and the wider East of England (including

manufacturers, suppliers and supporting organisations) are diverse, ranging from farmers to

drone-builders and agronomists.

A list of the companies involved in agri-bio in the East of England can be found in Appendix 1,

and Figure 6 shows those companies on a map of the region.

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FIGURE 6. AGRI-BIO BUSINESSES IN THE EAST OF ENGLAND.

Funding landscape

For new and established businesses working in agri-bio, there are a range of regional, national

and international funding schemes.

Private investment Anglia Capital Group

http://www.angliacapitalgroup.co.uk/home.php

Formed in the Spring of 2014, Anglia Capital Group is a sister company to Cambridge Capital

Group.

Anglia Capital Group is a leading group of business angel investors in Norfolk and Suffolk

established to support spinouts, new ventures and growth businesses, boasting expertise in food

and agri/biotech, specialist engineering and energy.

Cambridge Capital Group

http://www.angliacapitalgroup.co.uk/pages/about.php

Cambridge Capital Group is a leading business angel group of over 70 investors and private

venture funds who have been investing in hi-tech businesses and backing technology start-ups in

the region since 2001. Members have invested several million pounds in more than 40 live portfolio

companies in the Cambridge technology cluster.

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Foundation East

http://www.foundationeast.org/

Foundation East is a membership organisation that lends money to business owners across the

counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and neighbouring

areas, offering loans up to £100,000 to both start up and growing enterprises.

Private/Public Funding The FSE Group

http://www.thefsegroup.com/finance-east

Finance East is The FSE Group’s regional funding organisation for the six counties of the East of

England. Since establishment in 2009, it has supported over 100 companies through the Regional

Growth Loan Scheme, agreeing more than £13m of loans and leveraging a further £27m of other

finance into growth orientated SMEs. Companies supported have created nearly 450 new jobs in

the region.

Key Features:

• Loan Amount: £50,000 – £200,000

• Business Location: East of England – Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire,

Hertfordshire

• Loan Term: Min 2 yrs; Max 5 yrs

• Turnover: Typically, minimum £100,000 per annum

Growing Business Fund

http://www.newanglia.co.uk/growing-business-fund/

The New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership is calling for local businesses wanting to grow and

create new jobs to apply for grants through the Growing Business Fund.

The Fund is made up of two programmes: a Small Grant Scheme, for grants between £5,000 and

£25,000, and a larger scheme for grants between £25,000 and £500,000.

Public Funding BBSRC Funding

http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/filter/

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council regularly issues calls for funding for

basic, translational and applied research in biosciences, including agri-bio. The Agri-Tech and

Industrial Biotechnology Catalysts offer funding from £150,000 to £3m for the commercialisation of

research in these industries – both are postponed at the time of writing but should be reopened

later in 2016.

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Horizon 2020

https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizons-2020-sme-instrument

The European Commission is looking for small/medium businesses with global ambitions, actively

investing in innovation and eager to grow.

Topics of interest:

• Boosting the potential of small businesses in the areas of climate action, environment,

resource efficiency and raw materials with a budget of €25 m. (2016) and €27.5 m. (2017)

• Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for sustainable and competitive agriculture,

forestry, agri-food and bio-based sectors with a budget of €25.46 m. (2016) and €32.19 m.

(2017)

Rural Development Programme for England: LEADER funding

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rural-development-programme-for-england-leader-funding

LEADER funding is available to fund projects that create jobs, help businesses to grow, and

benefit the rural economy under the LEADER scheme.

The funding is managed by Local Action Groups, or LAGs, which in the East of England include:

• Brecks

• Broads

• Cambridgeshire Fens

• Essex Rivers

• Heritage Coast

• Wash Fens

• Waveney Valley

• Wensum & Coast

• Wool Towns

Innovate UK

https://interact.innovateuk.org/

Innovate UK provides funding for projects which are led by business. The principal objective of

the support is to stimulate R&D and innovation activity, encouraging businesses to develop

innovative products, processes and services with future commercial potential.

Smart Award (Innovate UK)

https://interact.innovateuk.org/-/smart

Smart is a grant scheme which offers funding to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to

engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science, engineering and

technology.

Three types of grant are available:

1. Proof of market

2. Proof of concept

3. Development of prototype

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Technology-inspired innovation (Innovate UK)

https://interact.innovateuk.org/competition-display-page/-

/asset_publisher/RqEt2AKmEBhi/content/technology-inspired-innovati-1

Investment of up to £2 million in technical feasibility studies to stimulate innovation across four

enabling technology areas:

• Advanced materials

• Biosciences

• Electronics, sensors and photonics (ESP)

• Information and communication technologies (ICT)

Projects must be led by a small or micro company, working either alone or in collaboration with

one other small or micro company. Companies could receive up to 70% of their eligible project

costs. Applications will open on 31 Dec 2016 and close on 16 Mar 2017.

Innovation Vouchers (Innovate UK)

https://vouchers.innovateuk.org/innovation-vouchers-listing

Innovation Vouchers are designed to encourage businesses to look outside their current network

for new knowledge that can help them to grow and develop. Start-ups and small and medium-

sized businesses from across the UK can apply for an Innovation Voucher.

A grant of up to £5000 is available to businesses to work with a supplier for the first time and is used

to pay for knowledge or technology transfer from that supplier.

European Investment Bank (EIB)

http://www.eib.org/about/index.htm

The EIB provides finance and expertise for sound and sustainable investment projects which

contribute to furthering EU policy objectives. The EIB finances projects in most sectors. Eligible

projects contribute to EU economic policy objectives:

• Development of a competitive, innovative and knowledge-based European economy

• Natural and urban environment schemes (water, waste, cleaner air, urban transport etc.)

• Development of small and medium sized enterprises

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References

Alexandratos, N. (2006) World Agriculture: towards 2030/50, interim report. An FAO perspective.

Rome: FAO. Revised 2012.

BIS (2015) Mapping Local Comparative Advantages in Innovation: Framework and Indicators.

HM Government

Defra (2013) A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies. HM Government

Feeding the Future (2012) Feeding the Future: Innovation Requirements for Primary Food

Production in the UK to 2030.

Government Office for Science (2011) The Future of Food and Farming: Challenges and Choices

for Global Sustainability. HM Government

The Guardian (2013a) Britain’s farming crisis. Accessed 12 April 2016.

The Guardian (2013b) Farmers fail to feed UK after extreme weather hits wheat crop. Accessed

12 April 2016.

Growing Underground (2016) Growing Underground. Accessed 12 April 2016

James, C. (2014) Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2014. ISAAA

Nesta (2015) Precision Agriculture. Accessed 12 April 2016

New Anglia (2016) Sector Groups and Contacts – Food, Drink and Agriculture. Accessed 13 April

2016.

OECD / IEA (2013) Renewable Energy Medium-Term Market Report.

Schoumans, O.F.; Rulkens, W.H.; Oenema, O. and Ehlert, P.A.I. (2010) Phosphorus Recovery from

Animal Manure: Technical Opportunities and Agro-Economical Perspectives. Alterra, part of

Wageningen UR

Witty, A. (2013) Encouraging a British Invention Revolution: Sir Andrew Witty’s Review of

Universities and Growth. HM Government

World Food Programme (2015) Hunger Statistics. Accessed 12 April 2016.

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Appendix 1. Agri-bio businesses in the East of

England

Name Type of business Postcode Location Region Adapt Low Carbon

Group Consultancy NR4 7GJ Norwich Norfolk

Adas Consultancy CB23 4NN Boxworth Cambridgeshire

Agrii Agronomy PE28 4JH Alconbury Cambridgeshire

Agrimetrics Ltd Data Centre AL5 2JQ Harpenden Hertfordshire

Albanwise Farming

LTD Farming PE33 9DL Kings Lynn Norfolk

Anglia Farmers Agricultural Purchasing NR9 5BZ Norwich Norfolk

Anglia Grain Services Seed Treatment CO6 4LT Nayland Suffolk

Anglia Rural

Consultants Consultants Norfolk

Aponic Aquaponics CO10 0BD Sudbury Suffolk

AS Communications Precision Agriculture PE19 5DQ St Neots Cambridgeshire

B&C Farming Ltd Farming NR10 5QQ Marsham Norfolk

BASF Chemicals Manufacturer IP30 9UP Bury St Edmunds Suffolk

Bayer CropScience

Crop Protection

Manufacturer CB4 0WB Cambridge Cambridgeshire

Belchim Crop

Protection

Crop Protection

Manufacturer PE19 8EW St Neots Cambridgeshire

BioBridge Consultancy CB1 2BX Cambridge Cambridgeshire

Briar Chemicals Chemicals Manufacturer NR6 5AP Norwich Norfolk

Bunn Fertiliser Fertiliser Manufacturer NR7 0WG Norwich Norfolk

Certis

Crop Protection

Manufacturer CB21 6AD Great Abingdon Cambridgeshire

Claydon Drills Seed Drills CB8 8XY Newmarket Suffolk

Clifton Rubber Rubber Manufacturer PE27 3FF St Ives Cambridgeshire

Collison and

Associates Consultancy PE34 4RW Kings Lynn Norfolk

Crop Angel Drones IP25 7SA Thetford Norfolk

David Stennett Ltd Seed Treatment IP31 1PT Ingham Suffolk

De Sangosse

Crop Protection

Manufacturer CB25 0LU Swaffam Bulbeck Cambridgeshire

Dewing Grain

Grain Marketing and

Storage NR11 6LP Aylsham Norfolk

Dow Agrosciences

Crop Protection and

Biotechnology SG5 1NH Hitchin Hertfordshire

DSV UK Plant Breeding PE38 9NJ Downham Market Norfolk

Econergy Europe PV Solar Installation PE28 0TY Easton Cambridgeshire

Elveden Estate and

Farms Farming IP24 3TQ Thetford Norfolk

Envar Composting PE28 3BS Huntingdon Cambridgeshire

FenGrain

Grain Marketing and

Storage PE15 0QN March Cambridgeshire

Fibrophos Fertiliser Manufacturer IP11 9DS Felixstowe Suffolk

Fram Farmers

Grain Marketing and

Storage IP13 9EE Woodbridge Suffolk

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Germains Seed

Technology Seed Technologies PE30 4LG Kings Lynn Norfolk

Gleadell Agriculture

Grain, Seed and Fertiliser

Merchant PE37 7HT Swaffham Norfolk

Grainseed Seed Suppliers IP23 7HN Eye Suffolk

HexCam Drones NR4 7GJ Norwich Norfolk

Honingham Thorpe

Farms Farming NR9 5BZ Norwich Norfolk

Hutchinsons Agronomy PE13 2RN Wisbech Cambridgeshire

Hypro Crop Spraying CB24 3DS Longstanton Cambridgeshire

iDNA Genetics Molecular Diagnostics NR4 7UH Norwich Norfolk

Kings Game Cover

and Conservation

Crop Seed Suppliers IP22 4HY Diss Norfolk

Laurence Gould

Partnership Consultancy CB8 0TN Newmarket Suffolk

Law Fertilisers Fertiliser Manufacturer PE15 0QJ March Cambridgeshire

Norfolk

Agrochemicals Chemicals Manufacturer NR16 2SQ East Harling Norfolk

Norfolk Plant

Sciences GM Tomato Growers NR4 7UH Norwich Norfolk

Offre & Demande

Agricole UK Consultancy CB21 4EN Cambridge Cambridgeshire

Omex International Fertiliser Manufacturer PE30 2HH Kings Lynn Norfolk

Openfield Agriculture Farming IP22 2DB Diss Norfolk

PKUP Fertiliser Fertiliser Manufacturer IP11 9DS Felixstowe Suffolk

Plant Bioscience Ltd

Plant Technologies

Commercialisation NR4 7UH Norwich Norfolk

Potato Solutions Consultancy NR29 4QF Norwich Norfolk

PP Products Agronomy NR12 8QN Hoveton Norfolk

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