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Integration, Optimization, Field Validations of BHF Agrobot, and Development and Validation of its Electric Weeding and Precision Agrochemical Application Technologies
A CAAIN-funded project that will develop an autonomous electric weeding solution that competes with conventional herbicide applications.
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AI-Driven Closed-Loop Nutrient Recovery for Quebec Pork Farms: Cutting Fertilizer Costs & Emissions via Smart Manure Transformation and Monitoring
A CAAIN-funded project that proposes to deploy and validate a fully modular, on-farm manure treatment system developed by Circulus Agtech. The system integrates biological stabilization, solid-liquid separation, and membrane filtration to convert pig slurry into nitrate-rich biofertilizers, stabilized solids, and reusable clean water.
- Project Lead: Circulus Agtech Solutions Inc., Montreal, QC
- CAAIN Contribution: $500,000
- Total Project Value: $1,300,000
Testing and Validation of an AI-Powered Automated Chicken Sorting System Across Canada
A CAAIN-funded project that will develop and validate an AI-powered chick-sorting system that automates one of the last manual processes in poultry hatcheries: sorting day-old chicks by sex.
- Project Lead: Chick Pick Solutions, Moncton, NB
- CAAIN Contribution: $274,522
- Total Project Value: $728,365
Digital Martketplace App to Modernize Livestock Feed Procurement
A CAAIN-funded project focused on developing a digital platform that enables feed brokers, buyers, and nutritionists to connect seamlessly.
- Project Lead: Ox + Plow Ag Inc., Calgary, AB
- CAAIN Contribution: $329,754
- Total Project Value: $989,966
Moove: AI-Powered Scheduling Automation for Dairy Logistics Optimization
A CAAIN-funded project that is developing an AI-powered scheduling tool designed to transform raw milk transportation logistics and processor throughput across the dairy supply chain.
- Project Lead: Milk Moovement, Halfax, NS
- CAAIN Contribution: $301,644
- Total Project Value: $1,164,375
AI-Enabled Smart Trap System to Enhance Orchard Pest Management
A CAAIN-funded project that aims to increase agricultural productivity and sustainability by reducing pesticide use, optimizing pest control efforts, and lowering operational costs for growers.
- Project Lead: CropVue Technologies Inc., Surrey, BC
- CAAIN Contribution: $106,467
- Total Project Value: $310,183
AI-Driven Dairy Cattle Health & Milk Assessment
A CAAIN-funded project to advance SomaDetect’s technology from Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6–7 to TRL 8 or greater, enabling full-system demonstration in an operational farm setting.
- Project Lead: SomaDetect, Tillsonburg, ON
- CAAIN Contribution: $145,033
- Total Project Value: $427,992
All-In One Poultry Disease Mapping to Prevent and Control Outbreaks
A CAAIN-funded project that will develop improved disease mapping and prediction tools, control zone monitoring, and communications technology for the Canadian poultry sector.
- Project Lead: Farm Health Guardian, Guelph, ON
- CAAIN Contribution: $227,606
- Total Project Value: $690,667
AI-Powered Broadacre Farming Drought Severity Index
A CAAIN-funded project whose goal is to develop a crop-specific, phenology-sensitive Drought Severity Index for daily monitoring of crop drought stress at both regional and field-levels.
- Project Lead: A.U.G. Signals Ltd., Toronto, ON
- CAAIN Contribution: $594,898
- Total Project Value: $1,902,589
Advancing Leading Edge Horticultural Lighting Technology
A CAAIN-funded project that will advance the development of an AI-powered horticultural lighting system that reduces electricity use.
- Project Lead: SmartGro Bioengineering Inc., Calgary, AB
- CAAIN Contribution: $ 737,880
- Total Project Value: $ 6,409,003
The Development of the First Reliable In-Field Automated Real-Time Nitrate Sensors for Advanced Nitrogen Management, to Support Data-Driven Decision-Making to Optimize Production and Reduce GHG Emissions
A CAAIN-funded project to develop an automated solution for real-time, in-field mapping of nitrate concentrations.
- Project Lead: Chrysalabs Inc., Montreal, QC
- CAAIN Contribution: $560,070
- Total Project Value: $2,391,302
Harvesting Sustainability: Empowering Grain Supply Chains with Data
A CAAIN-funded project to develop a B2B platform allowing Canada's grain sector to collect and report field-level sustainable data.
- Project Lead: Grain Discovery Corp., Picton, ON
- CAAIN Contribution: $399,072
- Total Project Value: $1,308,056
Development of Machine Vision Autonomous Weeding Capability Employing Visual Odometry for a Battery/Electric Cultivating Tractor
A CAAIN-funded project that will develop a battery-powered, driver-optional vegetable farm tractor with computer vision.
- Project Lead: Fulcrum Works Inc., Bellwood, ON
- CAAIN Contribution: $133,333
- Total Project Value: $467,603
