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Agtech Accelerator: Smartbell

Livestock health is front of mind for Smartbell—a health monitoring and management system. Smartbell is part of a cohort of 14 agtech companies looking to advance in the sector through an Agtech Accelerator located here in Regina. CEO,…

Agtech Accelerator: Crop Intellect

A small UK-based agtech company is working hard to tackle air pollution and increase crop yields simultaneously thanks to plant chemistry. Crop Intellect said its technology, R-Leaf®, captures air pollution and turns it into nitrate. “We…

Agtech Accelerator: FarmSimple

For livestock producers, the task of checking your animals’ water bowl is one they know all too well, including Katlin Lang, co-founder of FarmSimple Solutions and livestock producer himself.

Agtech Accelerator: Ukko Agro

Colliding plant science and data science together is the name of the game for agtech company Ukko Agro – one of 16 companies to take part in the Agtech Accelerator.

Agtech Accelerator: The whats and whys of this game-changing initiative

Surrounded by more than 80 per cent of Canada’s farmland, the Greater Regina Area (GRA) is ‘ideally’ located in the centre of Canada’s agricultural heartland and home to the most skilled agriculture producers in the world. This sets it up for the opportunity to be the ag hub of the world.

Agtech Accelerator | Cultivating Partnerships

The Agtech Accelerator helps grow startups in the agricultural space, further solidifying Canada as a global agtech hub.

Agtech Accelerator wins a 2021 Saskatchewan Economic Development Award of Excellence

The Saskatchewan Economic Development Awards of Excellence (SEDA) recognize the province’s best economic development projects, programs, and partnerships that honour communities, organizations, and/or individuals for their efforts in creating positive change in urban, rural, and First Nations communities.

Agtech Accelerator and Innovate UK announce global agtech partnership

Today, the Agtech Accelerator is excited to announce a partnership with Innovate UK to accelerate the cultivation of agtech innovation on a global scale. Innovate UK, the UK’s national innovation agency and part of UK Research and Innovation, drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas. Through this partnership, Innovate UK will recruit and enable up to five innovative UK companies to take part in the accelerator’s yearly cohort.

Post-Secondary Education Institutions Partner with AgTech Accelerator

Envisioned as a key component of a community-built global agriculture technology hub, the recently announced Agtech Accelerator has formed partnerships with three Saskatchewan post-secondary research and education institutions. “The Agtech…