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The circular meal: thinking about food differently
Farmers, restaurateurs and food producers join together to create a meal out of waste

New app tracks and simplifies barn equipment maintenance
Energy also can be monitored with Rakr’s tracking app

Simplifying dairy logistics with Canadian start-up technology
Milk Moovement tracks shipments and gets information quickly to farmers

Genomics research moving Ontario hazelnuts closer to production
Researchers continue to learn how to adapt hazelnuts to Ontario’s climate

Simple smart technology helps fleet and spray monitoring
Keeping ahead of maintenance can help reduce downtime and repair costs on farms

Automated Guelph vertical farm supplies retailers with local, leafy greens
The newly opened farm grows crops 40 to 50 per cent faster than traditional crops

Canadian start-ups featured at Ag Innovation Showcase
The American event showcased Canadian companies with dairy, lighting, grain sampling and soil sensing products

Soybeans provide greener solution for road dust suppression
Biodegradable solution is more environmentally friendly

Automating dairy cattle health monitoring – from the inside
Ontario inventor creates dairy cattle bolus system to monitor internal metrics

Bringing Big Data to the Canadian beef industry
Drinking station also records cattle weights accessible by device
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