From Farm Challenge to Commercial Solution: What Agri-Tech Businesses Are Learning from the Market

22 Sept 2026
Breakout Room
Breakout Sessions

Discussion Themes

  • What are your farmer, grower and aquaculture customers telling you they need most urgently?
  • How do you test that you are solving a genuine on-farm or on-water problem rather than developing technology in search of a market?
  • What have you changed — in the product, price or business model — after listening to end users?
  • How do agri-tech businesses build trust, demonstrate value and earn the right to scale?
  • What stands in the way of adoption, and what can technology businesses do themselves to make solutions practical, accessible and affordable?

Closing Question

What is one thing agri-tech businesses must do differently to stay closer to end users and accelerate adoption?

Hosted by:

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Host
Steve McLean
Steve McLean, CEO - THE UK AGRI-TECH CENTRE
Speakers
Rob Vahoucke
Rob Vahoucke, Business Development Manager - PAULTECH
William Varcoe
William Varcoe, Co-Founder & CEO - RUBISKO
Luke Cramphorn-Neal
Luke Cramphorn-Neal, Founder - NIMBUS AGRI-TECH