Ag tech companies must consider the financial concerns of farmers

Kristjan Hebert is a farmer in Canada and a member of the Global Farmer Network. He is an advisor with a Saskatchewan-based ag-tech accelerator and venture fund, where he gets to see the latest ideas and proposed solutions entrepreneurs are pitching to industry. Hauv no blog, Hebert shares the farmer’s view of important considerations as companies launch in the ag-tech space.

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Kristjan Hebert

Kristjan ua liaj ua teb 28,000 acres nyob rau sab qab teb sab hnub tuaj ntawm Saskatchewan, Canada, loj hlob malt barley, nyuaj liab caij nplooj ntoos hlav nplej, canola, poob rye, daj peas thiab oats. Nws rov qab los ntawm university hauv 2008, txiav txim siab cog tsev neeg ua liaj ua teb los ntawm 2,000 acres tias nws yog raws li nws loj hlob tuaj.
Kristjan siv nws cov kev txaus siab hauv nyiaj txiag (he's a CPA) thiab cov neeg los txiav txim siab txog kev lag luam thiab sib sau ua ke pab pawg xav tau kom loj hlob. Kev ua liaj ua teb rau pem hauv ntej cog lus nws cov qoob loo thiab kho cov qoob loo hloov mus rau qee qhov raws li cov ntawv cog lus muag uas tuaj yeem nkag tau..
Kev ua liaj ua teb siv tsis tau txog rau feem ntau ntawm nws daim av, nrog tsawg kawg tillage ntawm tus so. Cov cuab yeej muaj xws li hloov pauv tus nqi fertilization thiab a 6-9 xyoo kev tswj cov zaub mov uas suav nrog ntau txoj hauv kev los thov chiv. Qhov no muaj qee qhov kev tswj hwm kev pheej hmoo hauv xyoo zoo li no thaum chiv nqi siab.
Kristjan tab tom ua haujlwm nrog nws tus tij laug uas tsa tsiaj txhu, tsim silage rau nyuj, then grow a cover crop that's available for grazing, nyob rau hauv lem ntxiv manure fertilizer rau hauv av. Los ntawm ib puag ncig saib, he thinks it's important to get farmers and livestock producers working together.