1. Helping the UK agri-tech sector
Jayne Brookman & Callum Harvey
AgriFood Team KTN
Hello, I’m Callum Harvey from the Knowledge Transfer Network or KTN.
The Knowledge Transfer Network is the UK’s innovation network.

2. Connecting people to drive innovation
Find expertise
Find markets
Find funding and finance
The Knowledge Transfer Network connects people
We specialise in cross-sector collaboration and our team of innovation experts can connect you to our network of business, academics and other innovation support providers in order to help you:
Find markets
We can help you find new markets for your innovation that you haven’t previously accessed.
Find solutions
We can introduce you to a product, process or service from a different market that solves a problem in your area of work.
Find funding
We can advise on where and how to apply for funding and finance

3. The Future. Faster.
As Innovate UK’s network partner, KTN combines in-depth expertise in all sectors with the ability to cross boundaries. Connecting with KTN can lead to potential partners, horizon- expanding events, and innovation insights relevant to your needs. We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity.
As Innovate UK’s network partner, KTN combines in-depth expertise in all sectors with the ability to cross boundaries.
We help business to grow the economy and improve people’s lives by capturing maximum value from innovative ideas, scientific research and creativity.

4. Growth through innovation
Helping you make a success of your ideas delivers growth for the UK economy.
We are here to deliver UK economic growth.
We are interested in working with UK business who have the potential to grow through their innovations, whether it’s a novel product, process or service
Helping you make a success of your ideas, delivers growth for the UK economy,
We are there to help realise the future. Faster
Because we are grant funded by the government’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, to act as their connectors, we do not charge for our core services.

5. How it works Expert advice & insights Events & introductions
The Knowledge Transfer Network is grant funded by Innovate UK to connect you in the following ways:
Our innovation specialists can personally meet or talk with your company to map out your needs and capabilities and to make introductions.
We host thematic cross-sector events across the UK that you can attend to build connections.
We can send you bespoke news and digital content.
The Knowledge Transfer Network Ltd also works with a variety of other partners to contribute to UK growth through innovation

6. Projects
Cross sector projects on current topics help drive innovation.
Our projects are dynamic and change with the changing needs of industry sectors.
Our project work ranges from producing roadmaps to influencing government policy on behalf of industry, to connecting the best minds from otherwise un-connected sectors to solve innovation challenges.
We connect people who would not normally meet
Here’s some examples of our work ..

7. Connecting
Help businesses grow by connecting: linking them with academics, government, new partners and funding opportunities.
Provide direct guidance and help business navigate all the support opportunities that exist.
Helping innovative businesses nationally and regionally.

8. Funding Themes: Increasing agricultural productivity
Advanced and precision engineering
Fighting agro-chemical and antimicrobial resistance
Enhancing resilience to biotic and abiotic stress
Individualised livestock/aquaculture nutrition and healthcare
Novel genetics and breeding

9. Funding themes: Improved food quality and sustainability
Authenticity and traceability
Enhanced nutritional value
Food safety
Modern methods of food manufacturing
New and smarter ingredients
Protein development
Smarter packaging

10. CIRC- Crops Research Club

12. Design in Livestock Buildings
Are current poultry building designs fit for the demands of the future? – David Speller, Applied Group
Making real-time remote monitoring work for pig farmers – Hugh Crabtree, Farmex
Designing technology and housing for livestock needs – Duncan Forbes, Kingshay
Green Pigs: self-sustaining livestock buildings for commercial production – Sophie Throup & Ewan Macpherson, RAFT Solutions & 4c Engineering
Innovating in ventilation and weather protection for optimum livestock housing – Henri Geerts, Galebreaker Agri
Intellifarm – optimal animal conditions – Bo Rosborg, Agrifarm
The Knowledge Transfer Network hosted this focused workshop to stimulate increased collaborative working between the many sectors contributing to the design, construction and instrumentation of modern livestock buildings. Recent scientific and technological advances in the understanding of livestock’s requirements (e.g. nutrition, environment, social interactions etc.), the control and monitoring of such requirements, coupled with meeting the requirements of the processing and retail industries have meant that livestock buildings and how they are kitted out are rapidly evolving.
Following on from an introduction to the rationale of the day and an introduction to the Knowledge Transfer Network, the day kicked off with a inspiring insight into the realities of life as an innovative poultry farmer from David Speller; grappling with a multitude of available technologies, high volumes, low margins and increasing production pressures. Delegates then heard from Hugh Crabtree on remote monitoring of pigs; Duncan Forbes on designing housing and technology around dairy cattle needs; Sophie Throup and Ewan Macpherson on an innovative collaborative project currently underway to design and build an self-sustaining commercial pig housing system; Henri Geerts on innovations in ventilation and weather protection; and finally from Bo Rosberg on designing buildings for optimal animal conditions.
Attendees were given the opportunity to outline their problems and innovation needs, or technical capabilities by way of a short pitch presentation. The aim was to encourage them to explore collaboration and innovation opportunities to help think about these needs from them beginning, and integrating these into the design of the building, whilst also building in the ability to adapt to future technologies more easily. David Telford then rounded off the workshop by presenting delegates with information on potential funding opportunities.

13. Examples of Pitches Can we use animal preferences to help us design buildings? – Mark Rutter, Harper Adams University Delivering LED lighting, sensors and control systems for intensive and sustainable livestock production – Derek Liddle, Greengage Lighting Agritech the future of farming? – Richard Hobson, Herdsy Assured, safe and cleansing water for the 21st century – Courtney Peyton, Aqua21 Centre of Innovation Excellence in Livestock: industry led innovation across the agrifood sector – Casey Woodward, CIEL Omnisense – Dairy cow positioning and behaviour monitoring technology – Andy Thurman, Omnisense

14. Satellites Application Catapult
Liliya Serazetdinova and Chris Danks visited the Satellites Application Catapult on 21st November. Follow up introductions included RAFT Solutions and Centre for Crop Health and Protection, and further discussions are planned with Yorkshire LEPS and Institutes on the potential for a Yorkshire based Centre of excellence in satellite applications.
Breeding training etc livestock

15. Case Studies

16. KTN Agri-food UK Landscape Map

17. Thank you Callum Harvey Knowledge Transfer Manager – AgriFoodm: t: