Canadian Agri-Food Automation & Intelligence Network

If you're interested in attending Canadian Agri-Food Automation & Intelligence Network's Exploring Canada's Role in Global Agriculture - An Evening with Theodore & McConnell on February 10, 2025, you'll want to register soon. We're 60% sold out, and we're still three months out. Once we're full, we must close registration. Special thanks to our sponsors, FCC / FAC and McDonald's. Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada François-Philippe Champagne Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/ Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada FCC / FAC Alberta Innovates Darrell Petras Garson Law Ryan Furtas Patience (Coleman) Palmer Julie Thibeault, B.B.A. Laura Kilcrease Stuart Cullum Micheline Ayoub David Bailey Bethany Deshpande Cornelia Kreplin Chris Paterson Deb Stark Robert Saik Fred Wall Rickey Yada Joe Dales RHA Ventures Inc. Shaun Haney Kristjan Hebert Darlene McBain Justine Hendricks Nicole Graham Denis Bégin https://lnkd.in/gyuy6D2d

Thank you, Bioenterprise Canada, Shaun Haney, FCC / FAC, Canadian Federation of Agriculture, and Bennett Jones, for today's discussions on ag and food innovation support challenges and opportunities across Canada and all the work that went into the roundtables leading up to today. As a panel member, it was great to see the audience participation!

We’re honoured to be featured by the Canadian Agri-Food Automation & Intelligence Network (CAAIN) in their latest spotlight series. CAAIN’s funding and support have been instrumental in advancing our work at Vivid Machines, allowing us to develop innovative orchard-yield-improvement technology for the fruit sector.    This funding is helping us tackle one of the biggest challenges in orchard management: predicting crop loads while trees are dormant. By focusing on the number of buds—well before blossoms appear—we enable orchard managers to optimize pruning earlier in the season, improving yield, consistency, and overall tree health. Our CEO, Jenny Lemieux, recently sat down with CAAIN to discuss how this support is revolutionizing our approach from better assessing tree vigor and predicting growth rates to generating historical data and comparing year-over-year outcomes.    Check out the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/gZmer7H8  

So pleased to have Scotiabank support our ongoing work towards advancing Assiniboine College’s contribution to Manitoba’s agricultural sector through our growing applied research activities and impact. Thank you, Scotiabank!

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being talked about on so many fronts, but most dairy farmers don't have a useful mental framework to properly understand this technology. 🐄 🖥 --- At this talk I'll cover: - The major types of AI - Foundational models in machine learning - Practical dairy examples using machine learning (how these types of human-style thinking are now possible using computers) - The landscape of dairy tech companies using AI --- AI won't replace the thing you are great at - but it will help all those annoying little things you have to do become easier. Come hear more at the Manitoba Dairy Producer's Meeting on December 4th at 1pm! If you miss me here - catch me at the annual meeting for Dairy Farmers of Ontario. Can't wait to talk dairy tech :) #ai #artificialintelligence #dairyfarming #dairy #aiindairy #dairytech #agtech Dairy Farmers of Canada | Les Producteurs laitiers du Canada Dairy Farmers of Manitoba CATTLEytics Dairy Farmers of Ontario

Register for the Agrivoltaics Canada Conference on December 3 at the University of Guelph. More information here www.AgrivoltaicsCanada.ca RHA Ventures Inc. Patrick Gossage Michael Dales Nevin McDougall Brian Cram

Applications for our AGTECH ACCELERATOR Cohort 4 are now OPEN! 🌾🚀🚜 At Cultivator, we’re committed to fostering homegrown Canadian agtech innovation and attracting the best agtech solutions from around the world for Canadian farmers to use in their operations. Our program connects founders with producers and industry leaders to gain real-life farming input, helping shape tech innovations that directly address the needs of the agricultural community and solidify Saskatchewan’s position as an agriculture powerhouse. Together, we accelerate growth and contribute to the future of farming. Canada is agriculture. Saskatchewan is agriculture. Cultivator’s AGTECH ACCELERATOR is the catalyst for the future of farming. Ready to be part of the agtech revolution? Apply now and help us shape the future of agriculture! 🌱 (Please share this post!) Tevi Legge Scott Moe Arlene Dickinson Reynolds Lauer Kim McConnell Tristan Culham Morgan Brown Heather Clair Elspeth J. Murray Ken Wong Peter Brown Peter Richardson Darann Sauer FCC / FAC Kristjan Hebert Dan Aberhart Terry Aberhart Byron Babich

What a fabulous way to cap off my second week at Assiniboine College and the Russ Edwards School of Agriculture & Environment! I was thrilled to meet and host the Honourable Ron Kostyshyn, Minister of Agriculture for the Province of Manitoba. Very much looking forward to further discussions on ways which we can work closely and collaboratively to grow Manitoba's agriculture and agri-food sectors. Thank you, Minister for the time and the conversation! Government of Manitoba

The Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) and RealAgriculture are hosting a webinar to discuss the impacts of the recent US Election.   The webinar will investigate what the election results mean for Canada’s relationship with the US and will dive deeper into the possible implications for Canada’s agri-food sector. What will this mean for Canadian farmers? What will be the role of policy and what should Canada’s strategy be?  You can register here --> https://lnkd.in/gca88dCn

What an excellent meeting between our incredible applied research team here at the Russ Edwards School of Agriculture & Environment at Assiniboine College and the amazing team at Research Manitoba. We are excited to collaborate further and explore applied research opportunities together!