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Clarospec, a tool to measure lamb product quality, from AgResearch was the overall winner in the On-Farm Systems category and took out the Research grand prize.
KarbenFibre, an environmentally friendly battery technology to optimise and reduce the cost of flow batteries using natural fibres was named overall winner in the Value-Added Product category and runner-up in the Research category.
The grand prize in Enterprise was won by Genesmith with their technology using facial recognition on livestock.
Enterprise Runner-up and Top Small Business Award went to Happy Cow Milk Co with their milk factory in a box enabling farmers to become fully compliant milk processors.
Tuesday, 4 May 2021, 2:00 pm
Imagine a world where a farmer can tell the difference
between every sheep by just looking at them. Thanks to new
sheep facial recognition technology employing AI this could
soon be a reality. Genesmith is just one of the big ideas
named today as a finalist in the Food, Fibre and Agritech
Supernode Challenge.
The Challenge set out to unearth
disruptive solutions for the sector that will have economic
benefits for communities and the export market. From
eco-pesticides that keep bees alive through to agritech
platforms that deliver optimised irrigation, the top
ten teams from across the country