Agrivoltaics is the dual use of land for solar energy generation and agriculture production. It is a fairly new and innovative approach to generating clean, renewable energy from solar power while combining it with agricultural production.
This research project is collecting several types of data to re-evaluate strategies for mitigating drought in black chernozemic soils under a rotational production system by optimizing soil moisture, soil health and socioeconomic outcomes.
Olds College Centre of Innovation (OCCI) is collaborating with OPIsystems Inc., which is developing a new patented in-grain monitoring cable called the OMNI cable.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) has partnered with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) on a research project focused on the Crown corporation’s AgExpert Field farm management software involving nutrient management practices.
Olds College of Agriculture & Technology is collaborating on a research project with Nytro Ag Corp., the Canadian distributor of Green Lightning Ag. Nitrogen is essential for crop performance and is a costly input for producers.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) has partnered with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) on a research project focusing on the Crown corporation’s AgExpert Field farm management software involving exclusion areas. Portions of any field can be excluded from cultivated cropping practices for several reasons, including unsuitable soil for growing crops, along with factors like rock piles, natural areas and permanent or temporary waterways.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) has partnered with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) on a research project focused on the Crown corporation’s AgExpert Field farm management software. The core objective is to evaluate the software by using real-world data from the Olds College Smart Farm.
Olds College Center for Innovation (OCCI) is collaborating with AgTek 360 on a three-year applied research project from 2025 to 2028. It will evaluate humic-based products that aim to improve soil health as part of the company’s regenerative farming initiatives.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) have teamed up to conduct further research about marginal land, which represents an estimated five to 10 per cent of cultivated land in Canada. Producers farm these areas at a net loss, creating challenges for their bottom line as they try to balance profitability with sustainable land use.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) is partnering with Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) and Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to evaluate the quality and quantity of forage produced on areas of marginal land that have recently been converted from annual cropland to perennial grasses, flowers and legumes.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) launched a research project in 2025 that aims to give Western Canadian producers the insights they need to make more informed seeding decisions for faba bean production.
The Government of Canada has announced a $87.5 million investment over four years to support 16 collaborative research projects involving 165 researchers from 30 different academic institutions across Canada that will contribute to a sustainable, profitable and resilient agriculture and agri-food sector.
The goal of this project is to provide EarthDaily Analytics with a historical dataset of several fields on the Olds College Smart Farm for AI training, followed by in-field data collection and application validation data for the purpose of developing, validating and evaluating their remote sensing technology.
SimpleHedge is an iOS application focused on creating an interface that helps farmers easily hedge their crops. The software allows for financial management of tradable commodities like wheat and canola.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI), in partnership with TELUS, is researching the return on investment of variable rate fertilizer applications for producers.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) is working on a project to help reduce seed loss in straight-cut canola operations.
Seed monitoring systems can be a useful tool for producers, helping mitigate problems like planting too much seed or not having enough seed.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) is teaming up with AgExpert and FCC to evaluate farm accounting software using data from the Olds College Smart Farm.
North Star Systems is developing a cost-effective solution for measuring inventory levels in grain bins by leveraging their hardware and user platform.
Precision agriculture throughout Western Canada is rapidly growing, but adopting precision agriculture technologies — like variable rate application — is low, according to experts.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) and Alberta Grains are collaborating with producer partners to introduce a new on-farm research method in central Alberta. The project uses the On-Farm Precision Experimentation methodology defined by Data-Intensive Farm Management, focusing on different wheat seed and nitrogen rates over two years.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) is working alongside Trochu Motors and Precision Planting to compare the agronomic and economic impact of using a precision planter compared to a conventional air seeder during canola seeding in a field trial.
The Bio-Agtive Method is an innovative bio agtech approach which entails emission capture technology and re-purposing of biofuel exhaust emissions into a carbon-based biofertilizer.
Olds College Centre for Innovation (OCCI) is working with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to assess best management practices (BMPs) for the removal of marginal cropland from annual production.
LI-COR chamber technology will help OCCI collect high quality and high resolution data on how 4R (right rate, right time, right source, right place) nutrient stewardship practices impact N2O emissions — a highly relevant topic for the ag industry.
Bushel Plus provides a complete combine loss measurement system designed to quickly and accurately quantify harvest loss to assist in the calibration of combine settings during harvest.
Carbon Assets Solutions (CAS) is a new Canadian company that uses Mobile Inelastic Neutron Scattering (MINS) technology to determine carbon content in soils that may help producers access carbon credits.
Olds College is performing a historical data correlation analysis in partnership with Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) to learn from existing data sources what variables matter most to forage growth.
Olds College and Agriculture Financial Services Corporation (AFSC) are continuing their work together to determine if high definition imaging from unmanned aircraft vehicles (drones) can be used to classify hail damaged areas within crop fields.
Olds College is working with local Saskatchewan partners to gather historical and current information from the fields on the Saskatchewan Smart Farm for baseline data collection.
Olds College is working with TELUS Agriculture on assessing the return on investment of variable rate technology (VRT) which is a precision-ag approach allowing producers to manage defined areas of their fields differently.
The Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network, led by Olds College, is a network of Smart Farms committed to sharing data and expertise that will help farmers, industry and developers better understand, use and develop smart agricultural technologies.
The HyperLayer Data Concept is a process that allows the Olds College Smart Farm to compile, analyze, and use virtually every type of agricultural data.