“Our partnership with the Olds College Smart Farm allows us to use the data generated from the farm to find better ways to utilize the land and the inputs used to grow. This aligns very well with the work Cervus Equipment and John Deere are doing to turn the data generated from our equipment into useful insights and advice for our customers.” Comments Kyle Henderson, Director of Product Support for Cervus Equipment. “Our partnership also allows the Cervus team to operate in the field and work with the data generated. Collecting and finding insights from this data help us to deliver new ways for our customers to be more productive on their own farm. This hands-on work with the equipment and the data in the field ensures our whole team knows the equipment and the technology integrated into our equipment and ensures we can deliver better service for our customers.”
The Olds College Smart Farm is essentially a giant lab through which the College is leveraging its land (2,800 acres), existing agriculture operations, and applied research programming, in order to provide a product development and demonstration venue to accelerate agriculture technology and agri-food development. At the same time, the Smart Farm serves as a cutting-edge learning environment for producers and the agriculture sector and provides Olds College students with a learning environment centred on the future of ag and technology, setting the learning experience apart from other programming in the country.
The purpose of the Olds College Smart Farm is to:
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Establish the most efficient way to collect and implement the world's best digital agriculture technologies for crop and livestock production.
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Demonstrate increased efficiency of farming operations through implementation of smart technologies and practices.
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Utilize commercial and pre-commercial technologies for world class education, demonstration, and applied research.