Western Fair investing government funding into robots on the farm
Hoeing your row has never been so high tech for farmers.
The Grove agri-business hub at Western Fair has announced that $2.4 million in federal and provincial government funding will be used to fund the development of robots and other technologies in agriculture.
Western Fair Association Receives Funding to Support the Adoption of New Technology for Ontario Producers
The Western Fair Association (WFA) is pleased to announce that it will receive up to $2.4 million in funding from the governments of Canada and Ontario to support a new subsector of robotics and technologies that meet the needs of Ontario agricultural producers.
WFA’s innovative agri-business hub, The Grove, launched in 2019, focuses on helping the next generation of Canadian agri-business entrepreneurs. Part of The Grove’s work has been in support of a grassroots group founded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA) and Haggerty AgRobotics that formed in 2021 to review robotics and automation opportunities that could solve critical issues facing the agriculture sector. The AgRobotics Working Group now consists of progressive farmers, academics, technology companies, agribusinesses and other interested parties, with a goal of reducing barriers to robotics and automation adoption.