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

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Christian Hebert

kebon Kristen 28,000 acres di pojok tenggara Saskatchewan, Kanada, tumuwuh sa'ir malt, gandum spring beureum teuas, canola, ragrag rye, kacang konéng sarta oats. Anjeunna balik ti universitas di 2008, nekad tumuwuh tegalan kulawarga ti 2,000 acres yén éta salaku anjeunna tumuwuh nepi.
Kristjan dipaké kapentingan na di keuangan (he's a CPA) jeung jalma pikeun nyieun kaputusan bisnis jeung ngumpul tim diperlukeun pikeun tumuwuh. Ladang maju ngontrak pepelakanna sareng nyaluyukeun rotasi pamotongan kana sababaraha gelar dumasar kana kontrak penjualan anu tiasa diaksés.
Ladang ngagunakeun no-nell on lolobana acres na, kalawan tillage minimum dina sésana. Téknologi kalebet fértilisasi laju variabel sareng a 6-9 rencana manajemen gizi taun anu ngawengku sababaraha cara pikeun nerapkeun pupuk. Ieu nawiskeun sababaraha manajemén résiko dina taun-taun sapertos kieu nalika harga pupuk luhur.
Kristjan gawé bareng jeung lanceukna nu beternak ingon-ingon, pikeun ngahasilkeun silage pikeun sapi, then grow a cover crop that's available for grazing, dina gilirannana nambahkeun pupuk kandang kana taneuh. Tina sudut pandang lingkungan, he thinks it's important to get farmers and livestock producers working together.