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On behalf of Olds College I would like to welcome you to AgSmart 2021, our twoday ag tech education expo showcasing the Olds College Smart Farm and cutting edge ag technologies from many of our industry partners.

In 2020, Alberta’s agri-food sector was a $56 billion industry and is the largest employer in Alberta. Agriculture is a foundational industry for our region’s economic success. Working with industry, government, and producers, the Olds College Smart Farm is evolving agriculture practices through technology and data.

We started the Smart Farm in June 2018 on a 100-acre parcel of land, today the Smart Farm has grown to cover our full 2,800 acre farming operation. We have over 100 partners involved on the Smart Farm, and currently have over 40 applied research projects on the go. The Smart Farm also provides our students with excellent work integrated learning opportunities as part of their studies at Olds College.

During AgSmart I encourage you to check out the Olds College booth, in-field demonstrations and education sessions to learn about the many exciting research projects taking place on the Smart Farm, and to meet our in-house experts. I also hope you have a chance to connect with the over 100 exhibitors showcasing the latest agriculture technologies.

Thank you for attending AgSmart. I hope you enjoy the show!

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Welcome to AgSmart!

Agri-Trade is pleased to once again collaborate with Olds College for this production.

For many years one of the strategic goals of Agri-Trade was to provide educational opportunities for producers, but with very limited space and the sheer amount of equipment on display in November we found that difficult to achieve.

Working with Olds College to provide an outdoor event that provides ample opportunities for in-field demos, plots and other educational forums has been a perfect solution for both organizations.

We are pleased with the line-up of speakers and demonstrations and hope that you find your experience at the event valuable!

Take the time to provide feedback and help us improve for future years and we hope to see you at AgSmart!

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Day 1 - August 10 Tents 1 - 5 Time

Tent 1

Tent 2

Tent 3

Tent 4

Tent 5

8:30 a.m. Gates Open 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits Open 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Exhibits, Networking & Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Session 1A Alex Melnitchouk, Olds College - OC's digital Ag strategy and the HyperLayer data concept

Session 1B

Session 1C

Session 1D

Session 1E

Jonathan Neutens, ATB Fnancial, Remi Schmaltz, Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture & Sasha Musij, ATB Financial - Is there value in your Farm Management System provider communicating with your Financial Institution?

Roy Maki, Olds College Path to Autonomy

Dr. Flavio Capettini , FCDC Superior malting barley varieties by design at Olds College

Geoffrey Shmigelsky, OneCup AI - How can Computer Vision Help with Livestock Management and Care

Session 2B

Session 2C

Session 2D

Session 2E

Laio Silva Sobrinho, Olds College & Lance & Karyn Neilson, Neilson Cattle Development Effects of handling acclimation procedures prior to breeding on reproductive performance, handling reactivity and stress in beef heifers

Brent Nicol, Cervus Equipment - Data to Decisions - John Deere Operations Centre

Mazen Aljarrah, FCDC Triticale, the man-made crop: potential and prospects for western Canada

Felix Weber, Ag Business & Crop Inc. - Get a return on soil and crop data.

Session 3B

Session 3C

Session 3D

Session 3E

Kyle Sinclair, Producer Profit - Farm Focus with Producer Profit

Joy Agnew, Olds College Centre for Innovation - Opportunities and challenges in agriculture as we transition to a low carbon economy

Mike Witkowicz, Ag Exchange Group Inc. Adopting Digital Technologies in an Digital App Overloaded World

Sean Thompson, Olds College - Smart Ranch Innovations - the Pitstra Regenerative Agriculture Demonstration

Session 4B

Session 4C

Session 4D

Session 4E

Rachael Melenka, 20/20 Seed Labs How Technology Changed the Way We Look At Seed Testing Results

Lesley Kelly, Presented

by AFSC - When Stress is More than a Season

Shea Ferster, MNP - Are you a good or a great farmer? And do you know the difference?

Dr. Natasha Kutryk, Feedlot Health Management by TELUS Agriculture, Applications of technology in beef production: past, present, and future.

Session 5B

Session 5C

Session 5D

Session 5E

Shane Thomas, UpStream & Susan Groeneveld, WS - Upstream/WS Farm Forward Event A Real Conversation about the Reality of AgTech "

Dr. Chandra Singh, Lethbridge College, Presented by OPIsystems - Improving in-bin grain drying with automated fan and heater control

Dr. Yadeta Kabeta, FCDC Breeding better barley for feed:playing the old game with new tricks

Morgan Louden & Abby Hodder, University of Calgary - Health impacts of optimized preconditioning in beef cattle

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Session 2A Lander Anderson, Vantage Canada The True Cost of Operational & Agronomical Inefficiencies"

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch, Networking & Exhibits 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Session 3A Wes Anderson, Croptomistic Technology Inc. Agronomy at a High Resolution

1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session 4A Garth Donald, Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture - More than yields: assessing the return on investment of variable rate technology

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Networking & Exhibits 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Session 5A Tom Wolf - Simple is Best When Working With Tech

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits, Networking, Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents & Producer Draws 5 p.m. Gates Close

Schedule subject to change

Day 1 - August 10 Demos Time

Drone

Livestock Small Demo

Field Demo Plots

Field

Livestock

8:30 a.m. Gates Open 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits Open 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Exhibits, Networking & Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Demo 1A Landview Drones

Demo 1B

Demo 1C

Demo 1D

Demo 1E

Livestock Water Recycling Why We Think Elon Musk Will Care About Manure Data

FAE Western Canada Mulching – Demo Plot 104

SeedMaster – 24 Foot Toolbar and the CLAAS AXION 860

Livestock Gentec Replacement heifer Demo: Feed efficiency and hybrid vigour score

Demo 2B

Demo 2C

Demo 2D

Flokk: Herd management and traceability where it belongs; At the herd

WeedIt Demo - Croplands Precision Spraying: WEED-IT Quadro – Demo Plot 102

OMNiPOWER: Requirement & Procedures for Operating Autonomous Equipment, Olds College

Demo 3B

Demo 3C

Demo 3D

Demo 3E

OneCup AI Precision Livestock Monitoring Using Your AI Ranch Hand BETSY

Rangeward Power Grazer & Razer Grazer Demonstrations – Demo Plot 103

OMNiPOWER Demonstration of Autonomous Seeding Mission, Olds College

Livestock Gentec Replacement heifer Demo: Feed efficiency and hybrid vigour score

Demo 4B

Demo 4C

Demo 4D

Quantum Genetix Harnessing the power of genomics for your business

Olds College Sensor Clusters

SeedMaster Demo 24 Foot Toolbar and the CLAAS AXION 860

Demo 5B

Demo 5C

Demo 5D

Demo 5E

OneCup AI Precision Livestock Monitoring Using Your AI Ranch Hand BETSY

Vantage PRECISION-IQ STEERING – NextSwath 2 – Demo Plot 105

OMNiPOWER Demonstration of Autonomous Spraying Mission, Olds College

Livestock Gentec Replacement heifer Demo: Feed efficiency and hybrid vigour score

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Demo 2A Strongfield Environmental Drone Spraying – Aerial application via Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch, Networking & Exhibits 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Demo 3A senseFLY Drone - Ag Business & Crop Inc

1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Demo 4A Landview Drones

2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Networking & Exhibits 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Demo 5A Strongfield Environmental Drone Spraying – Aerial application via Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits, Networking, Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents & Producer Draws 5 p.m. Gates Close

Schedule subject to change

Day 2 - August 11 Tents 1 - 5 Time

Tent 1

Tent 2

Tent 3

Tent 4

Tent 5

8:30 a.m. Gates Open 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits Open 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Exhibits, Networking & Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Session 6A Giorgio Furlanetto - LiDAR Applications in Agriculture

Session 6B Daniel Stefner & Dr. Shabeg Briar, Olds College - Performance and Cost Benefit of Optical Spot Spraying Technologies in Conventional, Dryland farming in Western Canada

Session 6C

Roy Maki, Olds College - Path to Autonomy"

Session 6D

Session 6E

Kent Wingert, OPIsystems - Maximizing Profit by Connecting, Protecting and Optimizing Your Stored Grain

Geoffrey Shmigelsky, OneCup AI - How can Computer Vision Help with Livestock Management and Care

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Session 7A Bushel Plus - Precision Harvest - Why measuring harvest loss is your biggest advantage yet

Session 7B

Session 7C

Session 7D

Session 7E

Trent Hamans, ATB Weath & Amanda Vella, ATB Financial - The Necessities to a Successful Intergenerational Wealth Transfer

Joy Agnew, Olds College Centre for Innovation - Opportunities and challenges in agriculture as we transition to a low carbon economy

Lori Oatway, FCDC - NIRS: Hitting the easy button on grain quality

Dr. John Basarab, University of Alberta, Presented by Livestock Gentec - Use of genomic tools to improve production efficiency, health resilience and carbon footprint of beef production.

Session 8B

Session 8C

Session 8D

Session 8E

Emilie Edgar & Krista Pick, Olds College Floating Island Technology for Livestock Water Remediation

Robert Saik, AGvisorPRO - Until We Have Star Trek Transporters

Brent Nicol, Cervus Equipment - Data to Decisions - John Deere Operations Centre

Dr. Rosie Dwight, Climate FieldView - FieldView: Making Your Data Work for You

Session 9B

Session 9C

Session 9D

Session 9E

Matt Wirzba, Southern Irrigation LP - Subsurface Drip Irrigation: Irrigate, Fertigate, Conserve

Lesley Kelly, Presented

by AFSC - When Stress is More than a Season

Rav Singh, Olds College - Cloud Integration to Learning and Research

Jessica Watson, West Central Forage Association - Evaluating Sire-Progeny Links, Breeding Plans and Information Management in Multi-Sire Commercial Herds

Session 10B

Session 10C

Session 10D

Session 10E

Shane Thomas, UpStream & Susan Groeneveld, WS - Upstream/WS Farm Forward Event A Real Conversation about the Reality of AgTech

Dr. Joy Agnew, Olds College Centre for Innovation, Blake Weiseth, Glacier Discovery Farm & Tanya McDonald, Lakeland College - The Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network

Dr. Jennifer Zantinge, FCDC - Cracking the genetic code for better barley

Dr. Natasha Kutryk, Feedlot Health Management Service

by TELUS Agriculture Applications of technology in beef production: past, present, and future.

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch, Networking & Exhibits 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Session 8A Alex Melnitchouk, Olds College - Yield and green biomass prediction using satellite imagery, drone imagery, and ground samples

1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Session 9A Garth Donald, Decisive Farming by TELUS Agriculture - More than yields: assessing the return on investment of variable rate technology

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Networking & Exhibits 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Session 10A Tom Wolf, Presented by AB Wheat - Simple is Best When Working With Tech

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits, Networking, Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents & Producer Draws 5 p.m. Gates Close

Schedule subject to change

Day 2 - August 11 Demos Time

Drone

Livestock Small Demo

Field Demo Plots

Field

Livestock

8:30 a.m. Gates Open 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits Open 8:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. Exhibits, Networking & Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Demo 6A Landview Drones

Demo 6B

Demo 6C

Demo 1D

Demo 6E

Livestock Water Recycling Why We Think Elon Musk Will Care About Manure Data

FAE Western Canada Mulching – Demo Plot 104

SeedMaster – 24 Foot Toolbar and the CLAAS AXION 860

Livestock Gentec Replacement heifer Demo: Feed efficiency and hybrid vigour score

Demo 7B

Demo 7C

Demo 7D

Flokk: Herd management and traceability where it belongs; At the herd.

WeedIt Demo - Croplands Precision Spraying: WEED-IT Quadro – Demo Plot 102

OMNiPOWER: Requirement & Procedures for Operating Autonomous Equipment, Olds College

Demo 8B

Demo 8C

Demo 8D

Demo 8E

OneCup AI Precision Livestock Monitoring Using Your AI Ranch Hand BETSY

Rangeward Power Grazer & Razer Grazer Demonstrations – Demo Plot 103

OMNiPOWER Demonstration of Autonomous Seeding Mission, Olds College

Livestock Gentec Replacement heifer Demo: Feed efficiency and hybrid vigour score

Demo 9B

Demo 9C

Demo 9D

Quantum Genetix Harnessing the power of genomics for your business

Olds College Sensor Clusters

SeedMaster Demo 24 Foot Toolbar and the CLAAS AXION 860

Demo 10B

Demo 10C

Demo 10D

Demo 10E

OneCup AI Precision Livestock Monitoring Using Your AI Ranch Hand BETSY

Vantage PRECISION-IQ STEERING – NextSwath 2 – Demo Plot 105

OMNiPOWER Demonstration of Autonomous Seeding Mission, Olds College

Livestock Gentec Replacement heifer Demo: Feed efficiency and hybrid vigour score

10:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Demo 7A Strongfield Environmental Drone Spraying – Aerial application via Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch, Networking & Exhibits 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Demo 8A senseFLY Drone - Ag Business & Crop Inc

1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m. Exhibits & Travel to Next Session 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Demo 10A Landview Drones

2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Networking & Exhibits 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m. Demo 10A Strongfield Environmental Drone Spraying – Aerial application via Remotely Piloted Aerial Application Systems

4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Exhibits, Networking, Plenary Viewing in Educational Tents & Producer Draws 5 p.m. Gates Close

Schedule subject to change

Digital Plenary Event August 9, 2021 7 p.m.

With our ongoing commitment to flexibility for our stakeholders, we expanded AgSmart to include the Plenary sessions and On-Demand educational videos via a digital platform. This will allow for engagement from those who are unable to be onsite for the live event. The digital sessions are complimentary for all to access.

Thank you to FCC’s AgExpert, TELUS Agriculture, THRIVE and Olds College for the plenary sessions! Be sure to check out the On-Demand videos from AgExpert, AGvisorPRO, Farm Management Canada, Global Affairs Canada, TELUS Security. The content will be available for 6 weeks and then will be available on AgSmart Theatre.

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How digitization is changing the face of farming Consider data like a cash crop and know there’s value to it, especially when organized and maintained. Jesse recommends investing in good computer infrastructure (digital barn) to both organize data and maintain ownership. For his clients, Jesse advises choosing a solid farm management software platform.

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Did you know your data is a cash crop? Jesse Hirsh will tell you why. As a digital strategist from eastern Ontario, he helps agriculture entrepreneurs demystify technology – and profit from it. His insight on the digitization of farms can help you make the most of your data.

Here are some data tips for farm leaders like you: Have a digital barn “You’ve got a barn for your animals. You’ve got a drive shed for your equipment. What about your digital infrastructure? Have you thought about how you organize and secure your data?”

“As agriculture starts to become more digitized – as new equipment, new services, new markets – start to emerge, you’ll not only have the data to participate profitably but you’ll have the data to actually participate in the first place.” As examples, he points to supply chain tracking and animal health records.

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Track your production As consumer interest in food grows, public demand for transparency does too. Jesse says using digitized data collection can make your record-keeping easier.

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