Low Carbon Agriculture

Low Carbon Agriculture is a two-day business show where you can find suppliers, talks and test drives on lower-carbon farming, farm energy and agri-tech, at NEC Birmingham on 20 and 21 January 2027. The organiser, Agriconnect, describes it as the only UK event dedicated to low-carbon practices, technology and energy solutions for farming. It is aimed at you if you are a farmer, landowner or industry operator looking at how agriculture can help meet the UK’s Net Zero target for 2050.

Low Carbon Agriculture 2027 dates and free tickets

You can visit on Wednesday 20 January from 8am to 6pm or Thursday 21 January from 8am to 4.30pm, and see three shows in one trip. It shares the NEC with LAMMA and Crop Tec, two more agriculture and horticulture shows co-locating in 2027, and the NEC event page lists Halls 4, 6 to 12 and 17 to 20 for the event.

According to the show website, passes are free when booked by 4 January 2027. After that date online tickets cost £8 plus VAT, rising to £12 plus VAT on the door on 20 January. Students, press and under-16s attend free. With three shows under one roof, it is worth checking what a co-located exhibition ticket covers before you register.

Four sectors to focus your visit

You can go straight to the sector that matters to you.

• Environmental Business: suppliers and a conference programme on the route to Net Zero in farming, covering environmental land management, regenerative farming, sustainability and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
• Clean Energy: renewable and environmentally friendly energy technology for farmers and landowners, with guidance on energy management and making better use of existing assets.
• Farm Technology Innovation: agri-tech intended to raise productivity with lower environmental impact, supported by seminars in the same area of the hall.
• Low Emission Vehicles: low and zero carbon vehicles and machinery, plus non-fossil options such as clean electricity, biomethane and hydrogen, with test drives available throughout the show.

The organiser says the show runs three theatres, placed around the edge of the show floor, including a conference programme.

Seminar and conference programme

You get two days of panels and technical sessions in the Low Carbon Agriculture Theatre. The 2026 programme, on 14 and 15 January 2026, opened with a panel on making regenerative farming profitable, with speakers including former Environment Minister Rebecca Pow, former NFU President Minette Batters and John Cherry of Groundswell. Later sessions covered setting up small-scale anaerobic digestion, future fuels for farmers with speakers from RASE and JCB, and combining solar, storage and low-emission technology on farm. The first day also included a podcast and live question and answer session with Lord Bamford. Day two covered grid and gas connections, power purchase agreements for renewable projects and carbon removal options.

Who visits and who exhibits

If you exhibit, you reach an audience that stays, as in the organiser’s visitor research 92% stayed more than three hours, 56% were first-time visitors and 58% came to see new products and services. The show website gives headline figures of more than 3,000 attendees, over 60 exhibitors and over 80 industry speakers. On its exhibiting page the organiser reports that earlier editions drew over 2,000 targeted attendees, 69% of them key decision-makers, mainly landowners, farmers and land managers.

As a visitor, you can meet exhibitors on the 2027 list on the show website, including ENGIE Renewable Gases UK Limited and Greenhill Systems Ltd, on stands numbered with an LCA prefix, alongside organisations such as Defra, ADAS, Agri-TechE and Harper Adams University.

Exhibiting at Low Carbon Agriculture

Booking a stand starts with one short enquiry form on the show website, and the team then checks availability and possible stand locations for you. You can also add marketing, PR and sponsorship packages. The same organiser runs Farm Business Innovation and The Land Leisure and Tourism Show, both opening at the NEC on 4 November 2026. For costing a stand, see the guide to building an exhibition budget.

Getting to the NEC

You are a five-minute covered walk from the halls at Birmingham International railway station, the NEC says, and Birmingham Airport connects to the station by a free air-rail link that takes 90 seconds. Free shuttle buses run between all car parks and the halls on show days, and the NEC campus has seven hotels within walking distance. See more trade shows in Birmingham.

Source: lowcarbonagricultureshow.co.uk, lowcarbonagricultureshow.co.uk/exhibit, lowcarbonagricultureshow.co.uk/low-carbon-agriculture-theatre, thenec.co.uk