10. January 2018
HiPP is one of the pioneers in organic nutrition. It is a family business from Pfaffenhofen, employing over 3,500 members of staff worldwide and stands for its own mission statement “top-quality products in harmony with nature”. Stefan Hipp is speaking at Farm&Food 4.0 about the importance of trust in the farming industry and food production – we had the chance to speak to him beforehand.
05. January 2018
The initiative smartFoodTechnologyOWL is a partnership for the use of Industry 4.0 in the food industry. The partner pool is comprised of East-Westphalia-Lippe University (OWL) and other research facilities, industrial, craft and trade partners, as well as in politics and society, most of whom are located in the East-Westphalia-Lippe region. smartFoodTechnologyOWL is one of the partners of Farm&Food 2018.
05. January 2018
The German Farmer’s Association is the leading association for the German farming and forestry industries and an ideal supporter of the Farm&Food 4.0 conference. We spoke to their President, Joachim Rukwied in the run-up to the event.
04. January 2018
The Institute for Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects at the Humboldt University of Berlin (IASP) deals with the development of sensor systems for the measurement of animal welfare and animal health. The IASP will present these technologies at Farm & Food in January. In the run-up to the conference we spoke with Dr. med. vet. Nanna Lindner.
03. January 2018
Farm & Food also opens up horizons in other industries to find out what the food and agricultural industries can learn from their development. This year, Daniel Krauss, co-founder and CIO of FlixBus, will give an insight into the impact of digitization on the mobility industry and what our industry can learn from it under the motto "The good, the bad and the disruptive".
21. December 2017
In the midst of digitalization in the food and farming industry, it is becoming ever clearer that the networking of systems is still in the infancy of its potential. Based on block chain technology, Connecting Food (www.connecting-food.com) offers a solution that addresses exactly this issue. At the Farm & Food conference in Berlin, Connecting Food will present its solution for auditing food products in more detail.
15. December 2017
BayWa is a global trading company, focusing mainly on farming, energy, and construction. The company has bundled its digital offerings in the business section “Digital Farming”. Klaus Josef Lutz, chairman of BayWa will be bringing his expertise to the panel debate “Changing Trade” at the Farm & Food 2018.
05. December 2017
With a turnover of EUR 6.2 billion and around 6,200 employees, the AGRAVIS Group is one of the leading European agricultural trading and service companies. Of course, digitalisation also has a strong influence on agricultural trade - this will be the topic of a panel discussion at Farm & Food entitled "Changing trade".
01. December 2017
Dr. Christian von Boetticher is the Vice Chairman of BVE e.V – the Federation of German Food and Drink Industries. The Managing Director of food manufacturer Peter Kölln (Köllnflocken) is strongly supporting digital transformation in the medium-sized enterprise-influenced food industry.
29. November 2017
Karl-Heinz Krudewig, 365FarmNet, develops software for the farming industry. He also has an in-depth understanding of farming practice, as he worked for more than 10 years after his agricultural studies in the management of a farming estate.
27. November 2017
Development in the crop protection industry is rapid. Not only through mechanical crop protection or the use of robots, but also sensor technology plays an increasing role. Bayer CropScience recently presented its new brand xarvio, with which Bayerwould like to take bold steps in the direction of digital farming. Dr. Helmut Schramm from Bayer CropScience Germany will be commenting on his position as part of his keynote at Farm & Food. We spoke to him prior to the event about the current social discussion regarding crop protection and Bayer’s response to this.
24. November 2017
The first Farm & Food 4.0 took place in 2016, initiated byMaximilian von Löbbecke, Managing Director of the software provider 365FarmNet. The congress has been held, under the leadership of German farming publishing house “DeutschenBauernverlag”, since 2017.
