Field Demonstrations
OMNiPOWER
Olds College & Raven
Requirement & Procedures for Operating Autonomous Equipment
August 10 & 11: 11 am
Equipment and Software required to operate Autonomous machinery will be discussed and demonstrated.
OMNiPOWER – Demonstration of Autonomous Spraying Mission
August 10: 1 pm & 3:30 pm
A step by step planning and deploying procedure for an Autonomous spraying operation will be demonstrated.
OMNiPOWER – Demonstration of Autonomous Seeding Mission
August 11: 1 pm & 3:30 pm
A step by step planning and deploying procedure for an Autonomous seeding operation will be demonstrated.
SeedMaster Demonstration
SeedMaster
August 10 & 11: 10 am & 2 pm
SeedMaster’s 24 Foot Toolbar and the CLAAS AXION 860
The SeedMaster drill is sized for maneuverability and is ideal for small acre farms, ranches, and tight spaces where a larger drill may not be the ideal solution. It comes equipped with the best in SeedMaster technology, including:
• The unparalleled UltraPro II metering and on-frame tank
• SeedMaster’s proven dual-knife opener
During the demonstration you will also see the commercially available CLAAS AXION 860. This tractor keeps operators comfortable and offers the most fuel efficient PTO horsepower and superior cab visibility. Ideal for livestock and livestock input produces, this tractor is productive, efficient, comfortable, and simply superior.
Join us to learn more!
Livestock Field Demonstrations
Replacement heifer Demo: Feed efficiency and hybrid vigour score.
Livestock Gentec
August 10 & 11: 10 a.m., 1 pm & 3:30 pm
Feed efficiency is an important determinant for long term sustainability of beef production. Residual feed intake is a good measure of feed efficiency as it is independent of growth, body weight and body composition and reflects the energy cost of maintenance. Hybrid vigour or heterosis is also an important determinant of sustainability as it is highly related to fertility, longevity, health resilience and a lower carbon footprint. Together these two factors are important considerations when selecting replacement heifers.
Livestock Small Demonstrations
Flokk: Herd management and traceability where it belongs; At the herd.
Flokk Systems Inc.
August 10 & 11: 11 am
Flokk is purpose built for every day use at the animal’s side, enabling integration of digital herd record keeping and traceability into ongoing herd operations. In this session we will demonstrate how you can originate and maintain cow/calf herd records and complete traceability reporting using the Flokk system.
Precision Livestock Monitoring Using Your AI Ranch Hand BETSY
OneCup AI
Livestock Demonstration
August 10 & 11: 1 pm & 3:30 pm
Discover how using Artificial Intelligence technology can enhance how you manage your herd. BETSY, or Bovine Expert Tracking and Surveillance identifies, monitors and proactively alerts the producer what is going on with their livestock. We will show you how BETSY is monitoring cattle here at the college as well as sites across Canada. BETSY first identifies the animals within the camera view and begins watching for behavioural characteristics of interest including showing signs of estrus, calving and injury. She can also ID animals for transport, creating a manifest report to accompany the cattle. All the information about your animals is viewed in our easy to use online portal, which we will demonstrate live as well as offering attendees the opportunity to try it for themselves in our booth.
Harnessing the power of genomics for your business
Quantum Genetix
August 10 & 11: 2 pm
At this stage Quantum Genetix will be launching Q-sort cattle feeding technology that is online based. Idea is to show how cattle can be tested – how to pull samples and then walk through what the results can provide for you. It may just be a slide presentation and some cattle model examples with taggers.
Why We Think Elon Musk Will Care About Manure Data
Livestock Water Recycling
August 10 & 11: 10 am
LWR’s on-farm fertilizer and water treatment PLANTTM uses sensor data to increase the sustainability of animal agriculture by transforming manure into 3 products: two distinct natural fertilizers and clean, reusable water; reducing on-farm methane emissions by up to 82%! A first of its kind predictive analytics platform uses proprietary algorithms and machine learning to extract information from data sets to determine patterns and trends to predict future system outcomes. This demonstration will show three ways that producers can leverage their manure data monitor their manure treatment information and leverage this data to optimize production by maximizing barn hygiene and sanitation while increasing production. On-farm data collection connected with IoT data provides powerful analytics that provide insights to help farmers make data-driven decisions that impact feed content/conversion, animal health, and nutrient crop management. Combining machine learning with manure data, we can identify opportunities for system integration not maximize carbon sequestration on a global scale. This information will form part of our submission to Elon Musk’s $100M XPrize for Carbon Removal. This data can be then meaningfully shared throughout the supply chain in response to conscious consumerism and the growing interest in how food-producing animals are raised.
Field Demo Plots
Precision Spraying: WEED-IT Quadro
powered by Croplands Equipment
Demo Plot 102
August 10 & 11: 11 am – 11:30 am
Unscheduled demonstrations will take place throughout the event
We will be demonstrating the WEED-IT Quadro system that enables farmers to precisely apply crop protection mixtures where it’s required. It’s a tool to effectively fight weed resistance in a sustainable and affordable way. We will showcase all the features of this Precision Spraying system on a full-scale spraying unit, ranging from spring and fall burn-off applications to desiccation and in-crop PWM functionality
FAE Western Canada
Demo Plot 104
August 10 & 11: 10 am – 10:30 am
Unscheduled demonstrations will take place throughout the event
FAE-Group is a leader in the design and production of heads for tractors, excavators, skid steers, special vehicles and tracked vehicles for forestry, agricultural, road and demining operations. With a range of over 90 products and 400 models, FAE is able to satisfy the most diverse of customer needs. FAE’s range of heads includes forestry mulchers, cutters, stump cutters, stone crushers, stabilizers and multifunction heads. The tracked vehicles we offer include tracked vehicles with cab as well as radio-controlled tracked vehicles. FAE focuses on technological innovation and construction quality in order to ensure maximum performance and reliability for its machines
Olds College Sensor Clusters
Demo Plot 101
August 10 & 11: 2 pm – 2:30 pm
Unscheduled demonstrations will take place throughout the event
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Power Grazer & Razer Grazer Demonstrations
Range Ward
Demo Plot 103
August 10 & 11: 1 pm – 1:30 pm
Unscheduled demonstrations will take place throughout the event
Power Grazer Demonstration: The Power Grazer is an all on board, portable solar electric fencing unit often used on vast landscapes. Equipped with a 6 joule energizer, 140 watt solar panel, 12 volt deep cycle battery, two miles of Range Ward’s Power Braid Reflective Rope, and 100 step in Pigtail posts, this machine is ready to go to work.
If a greater distance of fence is needed, just add rope and posts!
Razer Grazer Demonstration: The Razer Grazer is Range Ward’s most versatile machine. Sticking with the very popular all on board concept, but we’ve added a key feature – removable electric reel. This piece is called the Power Arm (also sold separately), and can be removed from the Razer Grazer, installed in the hitch of a truck or side by side to be used to set out cross fences. The Razer Grazer is equipped with a 3 joule energizer, 50 watt solar panel, 12 volt deep cycle battery, ½ a mile of Range Ward’s Power Braid Reflective Rope, and 80 step in Pigtail posts, this machine is ready to cross fence a quarter section with the ability and flexibility to do much more!
PRECISION-IQ STEERING – NextSwath 2
Vantage Canada & Trimble
Demo Plot 105
August 10 & 11: 3:30 pm – 4 pm
Unscheduled demonstrations will take place throughout the event
Trimble” NextSwath ‘” 2 is our improved end-of-row turn technology that automatically calculates and executes the best path to turn around a vehicle and approach the next crop row (or swath) with the implement precisely aligned to begin working. In addition to the standard pattern, the latest Precision-IQ update allows a continuous block turn pattern as well as an alternating block pattern to be created by the system. These new patterns give seasoned operators a more familiar experience and allows common manual turn patterns to be automated.
UAV/Drone Demonstrations
senseFly Ag Drone Demo
Ag Business & Crop Inc.
August 10 & 11: 1 pm
Why, when and how to a drone data will bring you a return. This demo will also look at the difference between cameras and what camera sensor is used best for what purposes.
LandView Drone Demonstration
LandView Drones
August 10 & 11: 10 am & 2 pm
LandView Drones sells ready-to-farm kits with drone, extra batteries, heavy-duty protection and data management accessories. Their demos will give you insight into farm uses for aircraft from the tiny DJI Mini 2 all the way up to the industrial Matrice 300 RTK. Crop and livestock uses with multispectral and thermal cameras will be demonstrated. This year, they will even have the newest Agras T20 spraying drone for you to see.
Drone Spraying – Aerial application via Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems
Strongfield Environmental Solutions Inc.
August 10 & 11: 11 am & 3:30 pm
This demonstration will showcase agricultural uses for drone spraying and will include a simulated aerial application using water across the target area.
In Booth Demonstrations
Wintex Automated Soil-Samper
Ag Business & Crop Inc.
Booth 342
Ag Tech Steam
Booth 258
Olds College Smart Farm Tours
August 10 and 11
1 p.m. to 2:30 .p.m.
2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Sign up at Booth 321
Since launching in the summer of 2018, the Olds College Smart Farm has been busy growing industry involvement through partnerships and applied research projects, all focused on working to advance agriculture’s value chain and global competitiveness. Take a tour of the Smart Farm during AgSmart to see how research projects are being integrated into the farming operations to help producers make informed decisions about implementing technology in their own operations, and have a look at our 2021 seasonal crops.
TC Energy
Booth 339