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

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Christian Hebert

Mapolasi a Bakreste 28,000 lihekthere tse hukung e ka boroa-bochabela ho Saskatchewan, Canada, ho mela malt harese, koro e thata e kgubedu ya selemo, kanola, rye ea ho oela, lierekisi tse mosehla le oats. O ile a khutla univesithing 2008, ikemiselitse ho holisa polasi ea lelapa ho tloha ho 2,000 acres hore e ne e le ha a ntse a hōla.
Kristjan o ile a sebelisa lithahasello tsa hae litabeng tsa lichelete (he's a CPA) le batho ho etsa liqeto tsa khoebo le ho bokella sehlopha se hlokahalang ho hola. Farm forward e etsa likonteraka tsa lijalo tsa eona 'me e lokisa phapanyetsano ea lijalo ho isa tekanyong e itseng ho latela likonteraka tsa thekiso tse ka fihlellehang..
Polasi e sebelisa no-till boholo ba lihekthere tsa eona, ka ho lema bonyane ho tse ling. Theknoloji e kenyelletsa ho nonosoa ha sekhahla se feto-fetohang le a 6-9 moralo oa tsamaiso ea limatlafatsi tsa selemo o kenyelletsang mekhoa e mengata ea ho sebelisa manyolo. Sena se fana ka taolo e itseng ea likotsi lilemong tse kang ena ha litheko tsa manyolo li le holimo.
Kristjan o sebetsa 'moho le mor'abo ea ruisang liphoofolo, ho hlahisa silage bakeng sa dikgomo, then grow a cover crop that's available for grazing, ebe o kenya manyolo mobung. Ho latela pono ea tikoloho, he thinks it's important to get farmers and livestock producers working together.