B.C. farmers are getting support to enhance their businesses and boost local food security with new technology, which will help increase production, efficiency and competitiveness.
The B.C. On-Farm Technology Adoption Program funds projects that address labour shortages and improves processes for labour-intensive tasks to help farming operations grow, raise, harvest, pack or store food more effectively.
Applications for this round of funding are open February 24 to April 6, 2026.
New technology for farm businesses
Farmers can use the funding to buy new technology, such as equipment and robotics that can operate independently and adapt to the environment around them. This includes:
- autonomous robotic arms for packing, stacking and wrapping
- machines for planting seeds and plant material precisely and repeatably
- automated harvesters for gathering crops
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