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Tag Archives agricultural technology

Federal funding to boost agri-tech and food companies in Southern Ontario
Digital biosecurity software maker Farm Health Guardian Ltd. was among three agriculture tech and processing companies to receive federal funding in an announcement today.

VIDEO: Liquid helps electric weed killing machine
Crop.zone has partnered with John Deere on a new, wider machine for in-crop weed control
A German company tested its electric desiccation system on Canadian farms this year as it works to bring weed control using electricity to large-scale farms. Crop.zone is unique in that […] Read more

Vet app, grain data tech, biostimulant among innovation winners
Exhibitors with innovative products were recognized last month during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. The Innovation Program offers awards to businesses in five categories: agronomics, business solutions, environmental sustainability, equipment and […] Read more

Editorial: Revenge of the nerds
I still vividly remember the day my dad walked in the kitchen door carrying an enormous cardboard box, with a smile nearly as wide as the box itself. Inside was […] Read more

German farmers use innovation to help meet sustainability targets
The European Union has set some tough targets in its Farm to Fork strategy
Sustainable production is the latest focus in agriculture as countries around the world look for ways to deal with climate change. The European Union’s Farm to Fork strategy, for example, […] Read more

Computer chips made in Taiwan are a vital farm input
It sounds like the premise of a cheap novelette: put 90 per cent of the world’s most strategic industry in a tiny place caught between two superpowers and push those […] Read more

Opinion: Innovation is hard, hype is easy
There is no shortage of companies and researchers that claim to have a silver bullet to solve agricultural issues, but if truly helpful, it takes years before technologies are in the hands of farmers
Glacier FarmMedia – In November, the John Innes Centre announced it had discovered a gene that could lead to drought resistant wheat. The centre is a well-known institution in Norwich, […] Read more

Ontario technology lets farmers produce their own inputs
Waterloo-based company producing green ammonia using water, air and electricity
Clean, economical, and practical – those are the foundational building blocks of a technology that will let farmers produce their own inputs on the farm. Using water, air and electricity, […] Read more

Soil tech firms allow sensors to work together
Ceres Imaging and Soiltech Wireless say the recent agreement allows their technology to validate each other in the field
Glacier FarmMedia – Ceres Imaging and Soiltech Wireless have an agreement that enables the two systems to work together. Soiltech Wireless offers a cellular-based wireless sensor and Ceres Imaging uses […] Read more

Improving food security in northern Ontario
Finalists named for Northern Ontario Innovation Challenge
Seven agri-food entrepreneurs from across northern Ontario have been chosen as finalists in the Northern Ontario Innovation Challenge run by Bioenterprise Canada, a national accelerator known as Canada’s food and […] Read more