Recent Articles
Gentec: The best-kept secret in Canadian agriculture
Genomics isn’t the first “Big Thing” to land in the lap of farmers and producers. Just looking back 100 years or so, there’s the internal combustion engine, chemical weed control, …Read More »
Ambitious 10-year goals for the beef industry
The world has changed enormously in the last decade. The beef industry wanted a roadmap that takes it 10 years out (but still building on the 2020-2024 goals) to support …Read More »
Sean McGrath joins Gentec’s Management Advisory Board
Gentec welcomes Alberta producer and 5th generation / Centennial Ranch owner Sean McGrath to its Management Advisory Board. A feature-length article on Sean and the Round Rock Ranch will appear …Read More »
REPORT: Silos of excellence webinar
On September 23, 2021, the Agri-food Innovation Council hosted a panel-based webinar to discuss the most effective ways to advocate in meetings with federal ministers, and whether Canada’s plethora of …Read More »
Alberta’s Centennial Ranches strongly connected to Gentec
Cherie is CEO of the vast CL Ranches located just outside Calgary’s western city limits. The ranch itself consists of seedstock and commercial cow/calf operations, a backgrounding lot and a …Read More »
Gentec in the News
“Arm-Chair Rancher” Featured on UAlberta’s Folio
The Armchair Rancher app will help producers create scenarios to predict risk and potentially cut losses in their operations. Based on historical data, the app will identify current and predict …Read More »
Gentec CEO Graham Plastow is interviewed by Canadian Cattlemen on the “Arm-Chair Rancher”
The Arm-Chair Rancher will capture both industry and on-farm data to help producers make decisions for their operation. The project is looking to collaborate with industry partners to collate data …Read More »
UAlberta’s Dr. David Wishart talks with the Alberta Farmer Express about the “Arm-Chair Rancher”
The Arm-Chair Rancher is an app that will harness a huge database of beef industry data (weather, soil condition, commodity prices, genomics, etc.) and use machine learning to generate guiding …Read More »
Alberta Innovates discusses the “Arm-Chair Rancher” with Fairview Post
The Smart Agriculture and Food Digitization and Automation Challenge was launched by Alberta Innovated to funds projects that are developing smart technologies to increase productivity on farms. The Arm-Chair Rancher …Read More »
Frontline Farming Canada talks beef genomics with Gentec’s John Basarab
Diane Finstad of Frontline Farming Canada met with Dr. John Basarab (Gentec’s Head of Beef Operations) to discuss hybrid vigour and its potential to improve the health and sustainability of …Read More »