EI puts out the call for Ploughing Champs

APPLICATIONS for Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships, in conjunction with the Irish Farmers Journal, are now being accepted with the deadline extended to July 6.

Innovative agri companies from around the country are invited to apply to showcase their products at the heart of the Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships at Screggan in Tullamore county Offaly from September 18 t0 20.

The National Ploughing Championships is one of Europe’s largest outdoor agricultural trade exhibitions, and last year’s event broke records with 291,000 attendees over three days.

This year will see the addition of an ‘Investor Evening’ where the top five rated innovations will pitch to an international panel of agri-tech accelerators. The fund of potential investment is valued at €120m for suitable projects, and for start-up companies and entrepreneurs that have identified technology that will support the global agri-tech focus.