GrainsWest Tech 2020

Tech 2020 Grains West 4 THE FARMGATE FEATURES COLUMNS Tech news • Blast the party crasher • Circular logic • Cleared for takeoff NEW AND INTERESTING DEVELOPMENTS IN AG 44 45 17 48 50 MARKET MONITOR Technology is the great market leveller FROM LAB TO FIELD Big data, opportunities for food and agriculture HEAD OF THE CLASS Zone Startups Calgary and Olds College accelerate ag tech GRAIN SCIENCE NEWS New chairs set the table for innovation AGAINST THE GRAIN Goodbye stallions and steam, hello gasoline The brightest light in Canadian ag research Canadian Light Source synchrotron illuminates scientific secrets from soil to sandwiches // BY TAMARA LEIGH // Real-time revelations Crop and soil sensors improve production // BY MELANIE EPP // The plugged-in farmer How interconnectivity will transform agriculture // BY JACK GATES // 18 32 36 28 Straight out of sci-fi Today’s tractor cabs promise performance to infinity and beyond // BY TREVOR BACQUE // MAP