AgCareers.com Awards Inaugural Canadian Feed Your Future Scholarship

Dec 06, 2022

Guelph, ON – AgCareers.com awarded their first-ever Canadian Feed Your Future Scholarship to student Allison Visser, who is in her fourth year in the Honours Agriculture major at the University of Guelph.

AgCareers.com created the Feed Your Future $1,000 scholarship to financially assist a post-secondary student in Canada who is studying agriculture or has the intention of pursuing a career in agriculture. AgCareers.com is committed to Feeding the World with Talent by supporting education and careers opportunities in agriculture and food.

The application process involved students answering essay questions, including, “How are you going to do your part in feeding the world with your talent?” Visser responded, “I am going to feed the world with my talent by educating consumers on where their food comes from to increase consumer trust, promoting sustainable practices that will allow producers to earn consumer trust and remain productive and profitable into the future, and leveraging all available food sources, along with reducing food waste to increase global food security.”

Visser hopes to use her experience and education in agriculture to help Canadian consumers connect to their food.

For more information about AgCareers.com, scholarships, careers in agriculture, and the Feed Your Future program, visit www.AgCareers.com.

Source : Agcareers.com

Video: predictive weed Management saves on herbicide costs and increases yield potential

Gowan Canada is partnering with Geco Strategic Weed Management to help Canadian growers take a strategic approach to weed control through data-driven prediction and planning.

Geco’s technology uses data and AI to map where weeds have been over the past five years and predict where patches are likely to emerge next season. These insights allow farms and retailers to plan ahead and target actions in the most challenging areas.

“Our technology enables the question: if you could know where your most problematic patches are and where they are spreading to, what could you do differently? That’s what our technology makes possible,” said Greg Stewart, CEO of Geco. “Many of our farms are already using our prescriptions along with Gowan products, so this collaboration is a natural next step.”