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Agriculture: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of barriers to adoption of farm tech among farmers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of barriers to adoption of farm tech among farmers.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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11 Mar 2026
Answer published
Farmers need evidence of the benefits and returns from investing in innovation and technology, as well as access to finance. That is why Defra is committing £30m to Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies (ADOPT) funding competitions from F...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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