New Members:     

  

Dr. Malcolm Adams -Avid Solutions INTL - Producer  

    

Presentations: FineField - Blueberry Harvester Harvy500 – Presented by Laina Gray  

  

  

  

  

Conferences/Meetings/Field Tours/Demonstrations    

  

    

LRIC Annual Symposium, June 20th, Grandway Events Centre Elora https://livestockresearch.ca/event/lric_agm_and_annual_symposium  

  

Engineering A Better Farm- Keynote Speaker Mary Wells – Dean Of Engineering, University Of Waterloo  

  

Save The Date Demo Day, July 10th , Locations & Date TBD   

  

Save The Date Demo Day, July 4th, Muck Station   

  

International Symposium on Robotics & Automation - Monday, 22 July 2024 in Manhattan, KS, USA, in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on Precision Agriculture. ispag.org/Events/R_A_Symposium    

  

The Robotics Applications Conference, July 31, 2024, Virtual https://www.robotics247.com/event?oly_enc_id=2904E7433978G2G    

  

Attendees at recent conferences, please be prepared to provide a brief update to the group.    

  

  

Project Updates     

 CRM being worked on for new dispersal of agenda and updates. 

  

  

  

  

  

Funding Announcements/Opportunities –     

  

Canada Business App https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/canada-business-app    

  

Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/canadian-agricultural-strategic-priorities    

  

COLLABORATE 2 COMMERCIALIZE https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/collaborate-2-commercialize/    

  

Emergent Horticulture Opportunities Fund – https://www.vinelandresearch.com/work-with-us/emergent-horticulture-opportunities-fund/     

  

Agri-Innovate - AgriInnovate Program: Step 1. What this program offers - agriculture.canada.ca    

  

OMAFRA/SCAP Funding Announcement and Program Details Link - Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | ontario.ca    

  

The Grow Ontario Accelerator Hub : Bioenterprise    

  

OCI Critical Industrial Technologies Initiative - https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/cit/  

  

  

  

  

Round Table    

    

Other Items    

   

 2024 International Forum for Agricultural Robotics FIRA-USA Conference in Woodland Calif. Oct 22-24 (winebusiness.com)  

The Future of Farming: How Tech is Transforming Agriculture | by FuturaTech | May, 2024 | Medium The Future of Farming: How Tech is Transforming Agriculture | by FuturaTech | May, 2024 | Medium  

New AI project to focus on herbicide-resistant weeds - CentralAlbertaOnline.com - Local news, Weather, Sports, and Job Listings for Central Alberta, including Lacombe, Red Deer, Ponoka.  

https://www.agweb.com/news/business/technology/big-ideas-ag-technology-where-selective-spraying-going  

SFTW Spotlight: Farmwise - Reinventing Agriculture Equipment (ckarchive.com) 

Picking Precision: Advantages of Robotics in Agriculture | Machine Design 

Robots in Precision Agriculture: Recent Advancements (azorobotics.com) 

Agricultural robot fills 60 vegetable crates per day (all-about-industries.com)