Alberta Beef Producers ‘Daily’ discusses improving hybrid vigour in beef herds and some of Gentec’s new genomic tools with Gentec Head of Beef Operations, Dr. John Basarab.
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The Bovine Podcast Highlights “Arm-Chair Rancher”
Alberta Beef Producers new podcast, “The Bovine”, interviewed Gentec’s Kira Hames (Macmillan) on the impact the “Arm-Chair Rancher” will have on the beef industry in their inaugural episode.
Listen to the podcast here.
“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 future trends, and act as an assistant.
Read the full article here.
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 into an industry database, as well as work with current programs that producers are using to record on-farm performance data.
Read the full article here.
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 scenarios, recommendations and predictions to improve productivity on beef farms. Dr. Wishart is a professor in computing sciences and biological sciences at the University of Alberta and is co-developing the app with Livestock Gentec.
Read the full article here.
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 is one of 8 projects that were successful.
Read the full article here.
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 Alberta’s beef herds.
The interview is airing on RFD-TV, available through Shaw’s satellite service, Telus Optik and rural cable companies. You can tune in on Fridays ats 8:00 pm. Sunday 8 am, Mondays 5:30 am and Tuesdays 8:30 pm throughout the month of May. The interview will also be airing on the Cowboy Channel Tuesday’s at 3:30 pm.
Gentec’s Kira Macmillan discusses the “Arm-Chair Rancher” with 770 CHRQ The Drive
While a fully functioning app is still a long way off, the Arm-Chair Rancher team is working with beef producers to ensure this app will bring value to Alberta’s ranches.
Listen to the interview here.
Gentec’s CEO Graham Plastow speaks with the Edmonton Journal about the “Arm-Chair Rancher”
The Arm-Chair Rancher aims to support beef producers in making decisions on their farm with tailored recommendations and scenario planning for every area of their operation.
Read the full article here.
Alberta Innovates announces funding for Gentec’s “Arm-Chair Rancher” project
Livestock Gentec, partnered with the University of Alberta and Beefbooster, was awarded $481,000 to develop an app to harness on-farm and industry data and use machine learning to generate guiding scenarios and predictions for optimal herd and farm management. Funding was awarded through Alberta Innovates “Smart Agriculture and Food Digitization and Automation Challenge”.