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. Ning kene blog, Hebert shares the farmer’s view of important considerations as companies launch in the ag-tech space.

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Christian Hebert

peternakan Kristen 28,000 hektar ing pojok tenggara Saskatchewan, Kanada, ngembang malt barley, gandum spring abang hard, canola, tiba rye, kacang kuning lan oats. Dheweke bali saka universitas ing 2008, ditemtokake kanggo tuwuh farm kulawarga saka ing 2,000 hektar sing nalika dheweke lagi tuwuh.
Kristjan nggunakake kapentingan ing keuangan (he's a CPA) lan wong kanggo nggawe keputusan bisnis lan ngumpulake tim sing dibutuhake kanggo tuwuh. Maju farm ngontrak panen lan nyetel rotasi potong nganti sawetara derajat miturut kontrak penjualan sing bisa diakses.
Lahan kasebut nggunakake tanpa nganti akeh hektar, karo tillage minimal ing liyane. Teknologi kalebu fertilisasi tingkat variabel lan a 6-9 rencana manajemen nutrisi taun sing kalebu akeh cara kanggo aplikasi pupuk. Iki nawakake sawetara manajemen risiko ing taun kaya iki nalika rega pupuk dhuwur.
Kristjan kerja bareng karo sedulure sing ternak, kanggo ngasilake silase kanggo sapi, then grow a cover crop that's available for grazing, in turn adding manure fertilizer to the land. From an environmental viewpoint, he thinks it's important to get farmers and livestock producers working together.