August 30 2024 Meeting - Haggerty Interns

New Members:    

Darryl Finnigan – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 

Salman Khan – CSA Group 

Presentations:  

Season Summary and Projects, presented by the Interns at Haggerty AgRobotics – Kate Baresich, Hassan Ahmad, Jing Duo Gao, Thomas McLay, and Dexter Cole 

Conferences/Meetings/Field Tours/Demonstrations 

1. Regenerative Agriculture Summit Europe – September 3-5, 2024. Amsterdam. https://regenerativeagriculturesummit.com/events/regenerative-agriculture-summit-europe-2024?utm_source=media%20partner&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=174.3_AgFunder_Newsletter&ck_subscriber_id=2505552455 

1. Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show – September 10-12, 2024. Woodstock, ON. https://www.outdoorfarmshow.com/ 

1. GCXpo 2024: An Epic Canadian Smart Mobility Demonstration Day – September 26, 2024 – Ottawa, ON. https://areaxo.com/gcxpo/.   Applications: https://areaxo.com/intake-form/?program=936620123&eventrole=2&event=f25055f9-e707-ef11-9f89-000d3a0c6047&demo=1 

1. RoboBusiness – October 16-17, 2024. Santa Clara Convention Center. Santa Clara, California. https://www.robobusiness.com/ 

1. 2024 THRIVE Global Impact Summit – November 6-7, 2024. Santa Clara, California. https://thriveagrifood.com/global-impact-summit/ 

1. Ontario Greenhouse vegetable Course – Last Week in November, Online/In-person. https://ongreenhousevegetables.ca/course/#registration  

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

Project Updates   

Funding Announcements/Opportunities –     

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

1. Canadian Agricultural Strategic Priorities Program https://agriculture.canada.ca/en/programs/canadian-agricultural-strategic-priorities - Open until March 2029 

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

1. Emergent Horticulture Opportunities Fund – https://www.vinelandresearch.com/work-with-us/emergent-horticulture-opportunities-fund/   - Open until February 2025 

1. Agri-Innovate - AgriInnovate Program: Step 1. What this program offers - agriculture.canada.ca   - Open until March 2028 

1. OMAFRA/SCAP Funding Announcement and Program Details Link - Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership | ontario.ca   - Open until March 2028 

1. The Grow Ontario Accelerator Hub : Bioenterprise   - Round 2 Intake opening Spring 2025 

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

Recording of CIT Sector Adoption: Agri-Food Challenge Statement Information Session -  View recording 

1. Singapore and Thailand agrifoodtech – Canadian Technology Accelerator. https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/cta-atc/singapore-thailand-agrifoodtech_agroalimentaire-singapour-thailande.aspx?lang=eng - https://www.agrifoodtechexpo.com/sg/exhibit/why-exhibit - Application Deadline August 21, 2024. 

1. CAAIN Open Competition - https://caain.ca/funding-calls/2024-open-competition/ - Open Intake 

1. BC On-Farm Technology Adoption Program – Open intake until October 6 

https://www.innovatebc.ca/programs/bc-on-farm 

1. North American AgTech Accelerator – Application deadline October 30 

https://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/cta-atc/agtech-technologiques-agricoles.aspx?lang=eng&s=09 

1. Zone Agtech Program – Apllications open until September 2 https://zoneagtech.ca/en/programme-agxis/ 

Round Table    

Other Items/Articles    

Robots Boost Profits at Last Remaining Prison Farm 

Penn State Working on Precision Pesticide Sprayer 

How Robotics and Agriculture are Working Together 

A Close Look at Solar-Powered Robot Harvesting Technology 

Weeding Robots Conquer Fields in the Netherlands 

New AI-Powered Robot Taking Farm Fields by Storm 

Future of Farming: MSU’s New Robotic Blackberry Picker Improves Harvesting Challenges 

Congress Threatens to Ground U.S. Agriculture with DJI Drone Ban 

NASA and Cornell Use Robots, Satellites for Agricultural Research