Final digital event of 2021 looks at ag innovation and farm ingenuity

by | Nov 3, 2021 | News

Woodstock, ON., November 2, 2021Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show will host its final digital event of 2021 on November 10 with a topic of Accelerating Ag Innovation. The event features ways farmers and companies are embracing innovative approaches to improving profitability and resilience on the farm. 

“Innovation is at the heart of Canadian ag,” says Doug Wagner, President of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. “This event offers a discussion on some of the great things that are already happening in agriculture, plus new developments that will impact the future of ag.” 

The digital event day will begin with a live Tech Talk Panel of Glacier FarmMedia technology writers. Scott Garvey, Robin Booker and Ron Lyseng will discuss new developments and unique innovations they have seen throughout 2021, and attendees will be able to ask questions of the panelists. 

Also presenting are two finalists and the two winners from the 2021 Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmer (COYF) program in Ontario. Each business will share how they use out-of-the-box thinking to move their farm operations forward. The event will also have an international component that features select companies from the Invest Northern Ireland economic development agency that offers unique solutions  for  Canadian  farmers. 

The digital event on November 10 features these additional presentations: 

  • Autonomous Livestock Monitoring Using Machine Vision: Belfast-based CattleEye harnesses  the capabilities of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor livestock’s  welfare and behaviours.  
  • Quadcrate Arrives in Canada:  Northern Ireland’s Quadcrate is known as the  ’Swiss Army Knife’  of  quads with a range of innovative ATV and UTV attachments  that allow small-load carrying.  
  • Northern Ireland’s Agri Innovation Comes to Canada: bringing the best of Northern Irish farming to Canadian producers with innovative, reliable farming equipment and agri-tech that help increase profits, manage land, boost yields and safeguard food quality. 
  • Boldly Grow with Raven Driverless Ag Technology: a new approach to Driverless Ag Technology delivers easy-to-implement autonomous farm solutions with OMNiDRIVE™ and OMNiPOWER™. 
  • Fields and Finances: Tales from the Farm Accountant: host Krista Kilback of FCC AgExpert chats with Kathy Neufeld, Manager at Stark and Marsh, about managing farm books effectively. 
  • What’s the Risk? Common Loss Prevention Areas at Your Home or Farm: find out about some of the most common areas of risk on your property and tips on how to manage them. 

Since the first digital event launched on March 10, Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show digital events have been an important ongoing source of information for Ontario farmers during the pandemic in 2021.  

For more information and to register for this free digital event, farmers can visit outdoorfarmshow.com. All speaker presentations will be available in the platform until December 31, 2021.

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