Ottawa looks to robotics to address labor challenges in the ag sector

Ottawa looks to robotics to address labor challenges in the ag sector

Ag News On Friday, the federal government announced funding for new innovative solutions to help deal with the ongoing labour challenges in the ag sector. Under Phase 2 of the Innovative Solutions Canada (ISC) program – Challenge Stream, five projects will each receive up to $1 million in funding.

The projects target the Canadian meat processing industry and the Canadian controlled environment agriculture industry – the concept is to advance automation and robotic technologies.

The projects approved for funding by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada under the Canadian Meat Processing Technology Development Challenge include: Exonetik Inc. – Developing a low-cost, collaborative robot […]

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