Frontier rolls out digital grain monitoring across sites

Major agronomy and grain trading group Frontier Agriculture is investing in digital grain monitoring to check and regulate crop conditions in stores.

The technology was installed at three sites in 2025 and will now be rolled out to a further seven sites this year, as part of a three-year programme to improve facilities across its UK grain storage network.

Once established, roughly 500,000t of grain will be monitored continuously using the new digital system.

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Frontier hopes the platform will help improve transparency within the supply chain and says clearer, real-time information reduces uncertainty for growers and end users and contributes to smoother movement of grain from store to market.

David Alliston, group operations and supply chain director at Frontier Agriculture, said: “Digital monitoring gives our teams much better visibility of grain in store, helping us manage quality and energy use more effectively.

“Rolling the system out across more of our network is an important step in modernising our operations and ensuring we continue to deliver a reliable service for growers and the food, feed and drink manufacturers we supply,” he said.

Frontier has partnered with agri-tech provider Javelot to deliver the digital grain storage management platform, which should provide growers and customers with more information on grain conditions and quality.

It says the platform will offer a centralised view for operational, trading and quality assurance teams, reducing administrative burden and supporting more informed decision-making.

Digital grain passports

A separate, wider industry push towards the introduction of digital grain passports continues to rumble on, with the Digital Passport Leadership Group calling on Defra and the AHDB for funding and support to help the project progress.