Winners of the Gold Standard Innovation Award at Canada’s Farm Progress Show
Raven Industries Canada’s AutoBoom XRT has won the Gold Standard Award as part of Canada’s Farm Progress Show Innovation Program. The AutoBoom XRT provides boom height control over challenging terrain to increase sprayer efficacy.
According to its inventor, Auto Boom XRT is the first boom leveling product to use radar sensors to measure the distance to the canopy and distance to the ground. AutoBoom XRT’s MR dampers automatically vary the center rack suspension over different terrain. AutoBoom XRT offers more control with machine look ahead, as it better predicts how the boom will need to react based on the machine movement.
Canada’s Farm Progress Show has brought together some of agriculture’s best and brightest as part of its innovation program.
“We have buyers who attend the show each year specifically to see what’s new in the industry and to talk to manufacturers who are displaying their innovations,” says Show Manager Shirley Janeczko. “It is through these innovations that we see improvements, modernization and increased profitability in agriculture production.”
In addition to the Gold Standard award, Sterling Standard Awards were presented to First Pass Technologies Inc. and Precision AI.
First Pass integrates with the existing equipment guidance technology to reduce redundant passes in field by optimizing guidance lines, enabling farmers to increase productivity and profits while reducing environmental impact such as soil compaction across their farm. First Pass increases field efficiency by making it easier to manage equipment and labour, while reducing unnecessary passes in a field, all without affecting production. First Pass is a subscription-based route optimization software solution built by farmers for farmers.
Precision AI produces artificially intelligent drones for fully autonomous farming. The AI-powered machines make decisions at the per-plant level, allowing a level of yield optimization unattainable by humans. The product consists of a platform of drones that autonomously monitor their fields in real-time and spray weeks as they emerge. Through this technology, crop inputs are projected to be reduced by 18%, generating a 52% improvement in annualized return over total expenses.