By Alice McFarlane

Saskatchewan tech provider and Australian agtech join forces

Nov 8, 2021 | 5:08 PM

MELFORT, Sask. – SaskTel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Smart Paddock for livestock monitoring and GPS tracking solutions.

The technology is being used in livestock herds across Australia. The solar powered smart ear tags come equipped with GPS tracking, accelerometer, and temperature sensors providing livestock farmers with realtime location tracking and biometric data.

Smart Paddock Founder and CEO Darren Wolchyn said data collection and analytics are just as important in the livestock industry as any other sector and will improve livestock producers’ daily lives as well as the care and wellbeing of their animals.

“With the data captured by our ear tags, livestock farmers can track the location of all members of their herd and monitor for biometric anomalies that may indicate if a cow is sick or calving,” Wolchyn said.

SaskTel President and CEO Doug Burnett said connectivity is essential to the deployment of smart IoT (Internet of Things) technologies.

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“We’re excited to be working with Smart Paddock to bring their unique solution to the Canadian market and to play a key role in fostering innovation in the agtech space,” Burnett said.

In September 2019, SaskTel and the University of Saskatchewan (USask) announced plans to launch a “living laboratory” at the university’s Livestock and Forage Centre of Excellence (LFCE) to test, develop, and demonstrate world-class agriculture technologies.

You can find more information about Smart Paddock here.

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