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Canadian farmers slow to warm to AI, automation

A Precision.ai Inc. drone equipped with herbicide spray nozzles flies over a field. Company founder and CEO Dan McCann believes the technology, which “surgically” targets ...
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Sask. entrepreneur hopes ‘space invader’ tech will reshape ag industry

Precision.ai wants to replace conventional crop sprayers with a fleet of AI- and sprayer-equipped drones. Dan McCann credits an ultimatum from his wife for his ...
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Eight Canadian food and agtech innovators selected to compete for US$1.25m

Radicle Growth, an acceleration platform for early-stage ag and food technologies, revealed the eight Canadian-based entrepreneurs who will compete at the first-ever Nutrien-Radicle Challenge Pitch ...
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Fertilizer and weed control on Day 1 of Ag In Motion

Boy, I started the first day at the Ag In Motion farm show walking behind a manure spreader so there was really no where for ...
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Precision.AI: Revolutionizing Agriculture with the World’s First AI Drones

Daniel McCann and his team were working on an artificial intelligence (AI) app that could automatically write an online sales listing for objects that were ...
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Artificial intelligence for precise weed control? No longer a futuristic idea

A wide range of new concepts were on display in Canada’s Farm Progress Show’s Innovation showcase hall this month. A total of 22 inventions were ...
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