Livestock
Livestock plays a key role in UK agriculture, helping to provide high quality food such as meat, milk and eggs, and contributing £14.7bn in output to the UK economy in 2020.
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Livestock is a wide ranging industry encompassing everything from extensive hill farming of sheep, to lowland dairy and beef production, and pig and poultry production. Within the UK, we have large, well established companies and emerging SMEs who are actively involved in innovation. The UK is also home to a strong research base in animal and veterinary science and related areas, including world leaders. Livestock farming represents a major land use in the UK and is a key part to tackling climate change and ensuring that we’re able to feed the rapidly growing global population.
We’ll share our deep knowledge of the livestock industry and will help you make powerful connections with key stakeholders in the sector.
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Farming Futures R&D Fund: low emissions farming
Opens: 05/05/2025 Closes: 25/06/2025
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £12.5 million for industrial research projects from the Farming Futures R&D Fund.
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Horizon Europe 2025 work programme Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Opens: 03/05/2025 Closes: 24/09/2025
Topics available under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6 programme for 2025/26, with up to €130m available for the largest single projects
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Defra Farming Innovation Investor Partnership 2025
Opens: 02/06/2025 Closes: 02/07/2025
UK registered SMEs can apply for a share of up to £5m to develop innovative farming solutions. This must align with private investment from selected investor partners.
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High Growth AI Accelerator - Agriculture
Opens: 09/06/2025 Closes: 13/07/2025
This acceleration programme helps businesses access the computation power and expertise they need to validate or develop scalable machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions in the agrifood sector.
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Full ADOPT Grant: Round 1
Opens: 28/04/2025 Closes: 25/06/2025
Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £2 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.
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Engineering Biology SPARK Awards
Opens: 02/06/2025 Closes: 09/07/2025
Grants of up to £15,000 to fund UK-registered academic institutions or RTOs to deliver an engineering biology project to address a challenge held by a UK-registered SME or to enhance the SME’s progress towards developing new products, processes, or services.
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Related Events and Recordings
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Global Incubator Programme: Agri-Tech – Land x Launch Australia briefing event
08.00 - 09.00 | Online
Recording coming soon
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New Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership Scoping Project reports published
Innovate UK Climate-Smart Agriculture Partnership: UK-Brazil-Africa is bringing innovative people and organisations together through a range of initiatives.
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22/08/2024
Accelerator drives AgriFood innovators forward
The Innovate UK AgriFood Accelerator provided training and mentorship to increase the diversity of Innovate UK grant funding applications within the AgriFood sector and support participants in developing their businesses.