Technology developers need to make sure their products clear the very real hurdles to farm adoption
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Technology developers need to make sure their products clear very real hurdles to farm adoption
EMILI gets $2 million funding boost
Announcement coincides with grand opening of EMILI’s Innovation Farms Centre
EMILI received a $2 million funding boost from the federal and provincial governments at the grand opening of its new Innovation Farms Centre.
Livestock’s problem with precision tech
Economic risk, lack of knowledge and lack of commercially viable technology flagged as barriers to precision tech adoption in livestock
Precision technology is one promised solution for tight margins and growing pressure to prove sustainability in the livestock sector, but it’s also an investment and producers need to be assured their money is well spent.
Company promises instant plant tissue sample results
ATP Nutrition, which made headlines last year with their Nutriscan portable soil lab, has upgraded the system to scan nutrients in the leaf tissue of plants.
Virtual fencing piloted in northern Saskatchewan
A pilot project of the virtual fencing company known as Vence is underway on the ranch of John and Deanne Chuiko in northern Saskatchewan. The Chuiko’s run CJ Ranching near St. Walburg, Sask.
Fuel hedging platform wins AIM innovation award
Rack Petroleum Ltd.’s HedgeHog app allows users to confirm a guaranteed price for diesel for future delivery up to two years into the future.
Cultivator tech incubator joining AIM in 2025
Cultivator, which has been a regular at the Canada’s Farm Show in Regina, will be moving its demonstration day to Ag in Motion in 2025 said the program's director, Laura Mock.
Entrepreneurs tout products at Ag in Motion event
Entrepreneurs pitched their products at Ag in Motion’s AgTech Breakfast today.
Sask. government researching water quality with ag tech
At the Livestock AgTech Happy Hour at Ag in Motion on July 16, 2024, Chelsey Siemens, a livestock and feed extension specialist with the province, said they are doing a research project through ADOPT (Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technology), looking at how FarmSimple can be used to monitor sulfate levels over the summer.
Precision livestock farming could fine-tune feed efficiency ‘equation’
A Belgian researcher says precision technology can help farmers fine-tune animal feed consumption, which would increase profits, improve animal welfare and lower environmental effects.
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