BC On-Farm Technology Adoption
The third intake of the British Columbia (B.C.) On-Farm Technology Adoption Program will focus on labour saving technologies. This program provides cost-shared funding to eligible participants to adopt new technologies on-farm that will enhance profitability, productivity, and/or efficiency.
Led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the program is funded under the Sustainable Canadian Agriculture Partnership, a five year (2023-2028) federal-provincial-territorial initiative to strengthen the competitiveness, innovation, and resiliency of Canada’s agriculture and agri-food sector, and is delivered through Innovate BC.
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Funding
Amount
Up to $100,000
Funding %:
Up to 65%
Eligible Applicants
Rural Communities
Eligible
Purposes
Adoption of labour-saving technologies on-farm that are innovative and first of their kind
Such As:
Autonomous Equipment/Robotics: technologies that operate independently and adapt to their environment.
Autonomous weeding equipment
Autonomous transplanting systems
Autonomous supply delivery systems
Autonomous harvesters
Autonomous sorting at harvest
Machinery: technologies that perform specific tasks with minimal but some human interaction.
Automated grading and sorting machines
Automated pruning/tying equipment
Automated stacking and dumping equipment
Smart Sensors and Monitoring Equipment: devices that collect and analyze data in real-time to optimize agricultural processes, enable faster decision making, remote control or management, or otherwise result in labour savings.
Smart camera-guided systems
Smart temperature sensing
Health monitoring for livestock via sensors
Virtual fencing collars and GPS ear tags for livestock
Sap flow sensors
Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI and machine learning technologies enable systems to adapt and make decisions as well as predictions, or otherwise result in labour savings.
AI systems for optical sorting
AI systems for monitoring of livestock
Farm Business Management Tools: technologies that assist in planning, analyzing, and optimizing the operational aspects a farm and result in labour savings. For example:
Software that helps track farm activities.
Decision support systems to optimize farm operations.
Other Technologies: New and emerging technologies that do not fall under the categories above, but that would result in substantial labour savings when implemented.
Deadline
to Apply
April 28th,2025
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