Research
AgSights collaborates with academia and industry to support the future evolution of genetic improvement. We focus on bridging intelligence among farmers, retailers, and consumer to bring three core values to agri-food businesses and their products. The past 15 years has demonstrated a long standing history of results with over $7M in funding and over 50 projects with partner organizations.
We do not like to reinvent the wheel. Our mandate is to be leaders in providing innovative solutions to track products, collect data, and provide valuable information with a strong focus on genetic improvement. AgSights members guide the direction of research projects through regular feedback on their business needs.
Key Research
A high level summary of current projects across all of AgSights products and services.
Genetic Services
National intrgrated genetic services for breeders across multiple species in Canada.
Self WEighing Technology
Optimization of non-contact sensing technologies to enhance sustainability of bison farming. This creates future opportunities for beef production, as well as bison.
ProcessorLinks
Connecting farmers and abattoirs for greater processing efficiency.
genetic Evaluation
Redesign of commercial across-breed genetic evaluation system and in-silico investigations of resulting system performance and flexibility.
Canadian Beef Improvement Network (CBIN)
A collaboration with Canadian Beef Breeds Council (CBBC) to provide technology that enables value focused data driven genetic decisions. This joint effort is working to demonstrate through pilots how across organization collaboration with all industry partners brings value in sharing genetic data. Three priorities drive the success of this work and remain top of mind at all times.
Collaboration. Commitment. Investment
Please contact us to join this work or learn more about CBIN.
