Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships
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Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships
Innovation Arena at the National Ploughing Championships – People’s Choice Award Nominees AgriKids Digital Alma Jordan Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0857716540 Website: www.AgriKids.ie AgriKids is a farm safety educational platform for children. Following on from their series of story books, AgriKids is going digital with the launch of an interactive farm safety gaming app and website. Incorporating the book's characters and themes the app and website will showcase various elements and resources which will serve to both entertain and educate users about farm safety. High Welfare Floor Agro Import Email: [email protected] Phone: 0861731969 Website: www.agroimport.ie / www.highwelfarefloor.com The High Welfare Floor eradicates the need for separate stalls and gangways . It functions without a slurry pit by separating animal waste into solid and liquid form on the floor and in so doing produces two forms of fertiliser. Presently there are trial farms with Cattle, Horses and Goats using the HWF and the JOZ collector robot . Clip and Flip Seamus Burke Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0877925032 The Clip & Flip sheep restrainer is a portable animal lifting & restraining table that alleviates the problems associated with lifting & restraining sheep & is ergonomically adapted to the operators needs. It folds up as a flatpack in under 2 minutes to allow for ease of transport as well as setup. The RRP is €369 Vitamin K2 Rich Dairy (Probiotics) Anú Dairy Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0833440654 Website: www.anudairy.com Anú dairy is producing the world’s first Vitamin K2 rich butter, we have developed novel probiotics that when added to the diet of our grass-fed cows increases the nutritional value of our products. Our process which is completely natural also involves cutting edge grassland management providing a sustainable system of farming to help with reducing our carbon footprint. MRF Mobile Ration Feeder Billy Lane Agricultural Contractor Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0877765859 This feeder will help farmers feed their rations. The rations will be loaded into a hopper. It will contain sensors and the weight will show up on a computerized screen. The operator can specify how much of the ration is to be dispensed. It will reduce the farmer’s workload. It will also increase cost efficiency and ensure correct feeding of livestock. The Blazer Device Blazer Technologies Ltd. Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0872083048 Website: www.blazer.buzz It is a device that can remotely monitor honey bees through the use of image recognition. It can be attached to existing hives. It provides actionable data for beekeepers and they can check up on their hive health from any web enabled device. It will help beekeepers in the early detection of threats to the hive. Brookfield farm Hiveshare + Hivegifts Brookfield Farm Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0868551309 Website: www.brookfield.farm The innovation is forward selling directly from farm to consumer. This will be assisted by clever use of social media and online sales technology to build relationships with customers. The innovation on offer is Hiveshare and handmade beeswax candles range. Consumers pay upfront for Brookfield Farm Produce through a subscription model. The Caballis Equi-Feeder Caballis Equine Ltd Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0862432076 Website: www.caballis.com A horse feeder which slowly feeds forage in proportion to concentrates slowly throughout the day. It allows horses adopt a more natural feeding routine. It also enables performance horses to incorporate their high energy diets into this natural feeding routine. The Caballis Equi-Feeder has been proven to reduce the risks of illnesses such as colic, laminitis and gastric ulceration. Crush Gate Cattle Crush Designs Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0872517061 Website: www.crushchutegate.com Our product is a mobile hydraulic cattle crush. It has been newly modified to safely handle cattle. Our product helps to eliminate farm accidents and contain animals in a safe and secure environment with just the touch of your finger. Co-Farm Geoff Dooley Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Mobile: 0863615824 Website: www.co-farm.org Co-Farm is a social network and a learning and development platform for farmers globally. It will enable farmers to; 1. Co-Farm is an online, two-sided market place for farm services. 2. Co-Farm helps farmers to find and to engage the right service providers for them. 3. Co-Farm helps service providers to the farming sector to find clients and to manage client relationships. It will enable adoption and promotion of high performance behaviours and routines on the farm. From left to right; Geoff Dooley, Sean Hurley (Wicklow dairy farmer) and Tommy Heffernan. Contomply Thomasina Maguire Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0879158488 Website: www.contomply.com Contomply is a SaaS application with smartphone apps and a web dashboard designed for the haulage operators, storage facilities and mills operating in the animal feed industry. Our user friendly application has a unique focus on Assurance Scheme compliance, and increases transparency and trace-ability of product in the feed chain. Tri Axle 30 Tonne Double Chaser Bin Cross Agricultural Engineering Email: [email protected] Phone: 045524134 Website: www.crossagrieng.ie The 30 tonne double bin chaser is divided into two storage compartments. One for seed and the other for fertilizer. Dual discharge augers emerging at centre of the bin allowing a drill to be filled with seed and fertilizer. It will eliminate having to bag seed and fertilizer for sowing as it can be stored in our Chaser Bin product. Naturally Enriched Omega 3 Chicken Devenish and Moy Park Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0879888793 Website: http://www.devenishnutrition.com and https://www.moypark.com/en Chicken, a highly nutritious meat, just got better with the introduction of Omega chicken. By feeding our chickens on a balanced diet containing omega rich algae we can provide meat that is naturally enriched with Omega 3 fatty acids. The chicken tastes great and provides a source of omega 3 contributing to the normal function of our hearts, brain and vision. Powerbrake RT Breakaway for Agricultural Trailers DISTAG QCS LDT Email: [email protected] Phone: 0599151626 Website: www.distag.com The Powebrake-RT is a 2 in 1 combination, agricultural trailer handbrake & breakaway mechanism, which can be fitted to both new and existing trailers to comply with 2016 agricultural trailers legislation. The Powerbrake is a purely mechanical system which offers farmers and manufacturers a simple, affordable and safe handbrake and breakaway solution. Automated Animal Health Monitoring for Poultry Sheds DIT Hothouse Email: [email protected] Mobile: +353 87 926 8657 Website: http://www.dit.ie/hothouse/ Our Technology supports poultry farmers through automated passive monitoring of poultry flocks through low cost hardware. With image processing, it can provide farmers with insights into their flock at any time. Integrators allow information to be sent to farmers through push notifications to their smart phones. All information can be collected and through optimization can be viewed on a dashboard. Ecovolve Electric Hi-Tip Dumper Ecovolve Ltd Email: [email protected] Mobile: +353578626669 Website: www.ecovolve.eu Our innovation are electric dumpers. They have different capacities and are suitable for use in all types of industries. It is eco-friendly and battery powered. Its advantages are that; it reduces manual labour. It is also more ecological and economical. It causes no noise or fumes. This makes it very suitable for working around animals and in food processing. X500R & 6500 + QTrap Eirechrom Ltd Email: [email protected] Phone: 0212409033 Website: www.eirechrom.ie EireChrom Ltd specialize in the Chemical Analysis & Life Sciences Industries. Area's such as Food Fraud & Safety are key area's the company specializes in. Partners to SCIEX for high end Mass Spectrometry, we introduce the QTrap 6500 & X500R platforms into our Testing Facility in Clonmel for food allergen testing, and development of Food Testing Kits. FarmEye Chaosheng Zhang Email: [email protected] Phone: 091492375 Website www.nuigalway.ie FarmEye is a web and mobile application to allow farmers and advisors to map a farm, capture/record farm data and activities and visualize using interactive maps and charts. Our focus is on soil sampling, nutrient management, grass management, localized weather (historical and forecasts). FarmEye is available for Android and iPhone and can also be accessed from any web browser. Farmflo Agronomy Farmflo Ltd Email: [email protected] Phone: 0749116057 Website: www.farmflo.com Farmflo Agronomy is a new product from Farmflo providing Agronomists with a tool to make observations and recommendations on crops from the field. The ability to share their information real-time with their farmers creates a digital link that helps drive efficiency by providing quality and accurate advice leading to better performance and profitability for farmers. FenuSave & FenuCure FenuHealth Email: [email protected] Mobile: 089 2000 218 Phone: 046 9558787 Webite: www.FenuHealth.com Our products are a powder form supplement for gastric ulcers in horses. Traditional treatments were oral syringes which cause stress on the horse. FenuCare and FenuSave work in the following ways: Slows down hydrochloric acid production, reduces gastric juices in the stomach and sticks to the stomach lining giving extra protection. Both of these FenuHealth products are currently 90% less expensive than market competitors - is your horse worth 70 cent per day? Firmwave Edge Firmwave Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0868516022 Website: www.firmwave.com Firmwave Edge provide's a platform for customers to quickly and easily connect, manage and maintain their edge devices in an efficient and secure way. This is done through the built-in hardware and firmware of the Edge solution and leverages the power and flexibility of low power Intel® Quark™ or the ARM CORTEX Microprocessor. Firmwave can help connect agricultural solutions to make them secure and provide connectivity as an IoT solution. Food for Health Ireland Fiona Lalor Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0868164898 Website: www.fhi.ie FHI is Ireland's biggest technology centre, the purpose of which is to identify novel ingredients coming from milk, to develop functional food ingredients which will offer health benefits to consumers. The innovations focus on a number of health challenges including infant nutrition, appetite modulation, healthy cheese, performance nutrition and products that can be used to manage elevated glucose levels. B30-Energy Saving Battery Fencer Forcefield Active Technology Ltd Email: [email protected] Phone: 061357618 Website: www.forcefield.ie Forcefield Active Technology Ltd.jpg The product is a battery powered electric fence energiser with unique software which enables it to be more energy efficient and enables the battery to last longer. When an animal is not touching the fence its voltage is reduced. Once an animal comes into contact with the fence the software detects this and ensures the animal gets a sufficient shock. Herdsy Herdsy Limited Email: [email protected] Phone: 00353858888009 Website: www.herdsy.com Herdsy is the latest in herd analytics and is cheaper than other herd analytics program. Therefore it is possible for smaller farmers to use it and to get a return off it. It gives farmers a professional monitoring system. This will allow these smaller farmers to increase output and production as well as saving time and money. Herdwatch Sales Ring Herdwatch Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0872025471 Website: www.herdwatch.ie Herdwatch has become the leading farming app in Ireland with over 3,500 users. A new module is being previewed called “Herdwatch Sales Ring”, which will allow farmers to trade animals easily and safely with minimum cost, time and paperwork. Sellers put up their animals (whose details are already in the system), and buyers can filter animals by specifications and get alerts on matching animals. Movement certs are created automatically and animals moved seamlessly from seller to buyer's herd. Bee Frame System Higgins Technical Services Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0872185160 It is a bee frame system consisting of injection moulding corner brackets and straight wooden connecting laths. It is easy to assemble and has the flexibility for use in any bee hive or part of a bee hive. It can be easily produced in large quantities and the parts are strong and long lasting. It can be held together by screws, nails or tacks. Hydrasure Emer Cooney Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0353262316711 Water is the most important ingredient in any animal's diet, and changes in equine drinking habits can be symptomatic of illness. Hydrasure is a new, smart automatic drinking system that provides vets, trainers and all horse owners with better insights into their horse's drinking behaviour. Our new easy-cleaning automatic drinker and retrofit devices remove the need for buckets, as they capture equine drinking data, and display this both locally and on the cloud via any mobile device. APM- automatic ploughing machine Johnny Couchman Email: [email protected] Phone: 0599131186 Automotive ploughing machine. Self-propelled operated by computer, guided by GPS. 24 hour work rate equivalent to 200 hp tractor in 8 hours. Very light - no compaction. Leaves no headland. Very cheap to build .Simple operation .Group of machines operated by one person. The future! K.O. Caesarean Aid Kiernan Trailers Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0863343346 Website: www.no.website.ie The KO Caesarean Aid is a T bar with a telescopic arm that uses a ratchet to lift the calf out of the calf bed. It has a quick attach mounting bracket on a bearing system which allows the calf to be rotated out of the way in an upside-down position. No help needed, no heavy lifting required. Internet Production Optimisation Kit (IPOKit) LogPro Ltd Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0872360375 Website: www.ipokit.com Our IPOKit will provide 24/7 information to growers and company field advisors on the condition of the production unit. The basic kit provides temperature data from wireless sensors in the production unit. This data is interpreted by the cloud based software and compared to previous successful crop cycles. This kit addresses the problem of varying profitability in the poultry rearing industry. MagGrow Ian Finnegan Email: [email protected] Mobile: +353 87 6772484 Website: www.maggrow.global MagGrow is a pioneering magnetic drift reduction technology for the arable & horticulture sectors. MagGrow reduces drift by over 80% AND delivers superior coverage by using fine droplets, a key challenge for conventional drift reduction technologies. The key benefits of MagGrow include; reduced chemical waste, increased spray windows, supports environmental regulations & is environmentally sustainable. Major 3.5m Cyclone Mower Major Equipment Intl Ltd Email: [email protected] Phone: 094 9630572 Website: www.major-equipment.com The Major 3.5m Cyclone Mower is a working width tractor mounted rotary mower. The mower is designed to do the work of a flail mower but requires a fraction of the power and fuel that a flail mower would consume. It is suitable for low horsepower tractors which can’t use a flail mower. Masterson Repair Collar Masterson Repair Collars Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0861519972 The Masterson repair collar repairs collar leaks on PVC water mains without the need to isolate the water supply which means no one is deprived of water to repair this type of leak. Constructed Functional Microbiomes Microgen Biotech Email: [email protected] Phone No. 059 9175236 Website: http://www.microgenbiotech.com/ Our constructed functional Microbiomes are specially selected for major plant growth promotion traits. These are sprayed onto crops two weeks after sowing and help the plants establish themselves. Our microbiome products provide a cost effective, reliable and environmentally friendly alternative to fertilizers. Fertilizers depend on oil and gas prices and phosphate, which is a non-renewable source mined from the earth. The GrassOmeter Monford Ag Systems Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0861730787 Website: www.grassometer.com The GrassOmeter is now ready for market. The GrassOmeter is a revolutionary Map Measure and Manage System supported by Glanbia and the IFJ that enables farmers to precisely and accurately measure their grass for the very first time; reducing their costs, increasing productivity and improving milk and beef production through better pasture utilisation. Nutrilicks Horse Treat Nutribio Ltd and Horseware Prodcuts Limited Nutribio Ltd Email: [email protected] Phone: 021 4507303 Website: www.nutribio.ie Horseware Products Limited Email: [email protected] Phone: (042) 938 9000 Website: www.horseware.com The Nutrilicks range of horse treats were developed as low sugar treats for the recreational equine market. Nutrilicks are suitable for use when the owner is attending to the animal, helping to keep the horse calm and distracted. Current products in this sector have sugar levels between 30% -80%, Nutrilicks offers a healthier highly palatable alternative with only 18% sugar. 3 Point Quick Hitch OCE Email: [email protected] Phone: 061 394768 Website: www.ocengineering.ie The OCE 3 point hitch system enables a tractor operator to connect and disconnect rear mounted implements from the tractor cab. Traditionally this is a very awkward and dangerous job as the operator had to stand in between the tractor and the implement. The OCE 3 point hitch does not require implement adaptors or brackets. DipFast– Rotational Moulded sheep showering unit Oran Oak Engineering Ltd Website: www.dipfast.com Email: [email protected] Phone: +447856 868136 With over 40 years farming experience Mark Kelly and his sons have developed DipFast, the new enclosed sheep showering unit. The rotational moulding unit has 18 spray nozzles and can hold between 6-8 sheep. Its unique design enables farmers to carry out the task of protecting sheep against common parasites in a safe and efficient manner, while saving time and money. Touch screen Parlour/Herd Management System Pearson International Email: [email protected] Phone: 059-8631842 Website: www.pearson-international.com Our technology is a labour saving management tool for larger dairy herds and individual monitoring of cows to improve milk quality and animal welfare. At Pearson we have been helping the dairy farmer pursue greater and more efficient milk yields through modern state of the art systems. Infrared Animal Incubator Pureheat Technologies Email: [email protected] Mobile: 085 866 7500 Website: www.pureheat.ie Independently tested and evaluated, Pureheat infrared electric heat panels are energy efficient as they heat the body not the air around it. Using the latest Z-Wave technology a busy farmer or vet can monitor a newborn or recovering animal remotely with a smartphone. It monitors movement, humidity, temperature and optimises heat. Another benefit is the running costs are very low. Robotics ( ABB YuMi ) Robotics and Drives services Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0838439106 Website: http://www.roboticsanddrives.ie/ Robotics and Drives are Irelands leading robotics integrator. We see collaborative robotics as the future of manufacturing. At the National Ploughing Championships we will be showcasing our work with the cutting edge ABB YuMi robot. These new generation of robots increase efficiency, safety and cost savings for manufacturers. The Samco BagPress Mini Samco Agricultural Manufacturing Ltd Email: [email protected] Phone: 061396176 Website: www.samco.ie Twitter: @samcosystem Samco's innovative team has developed additional machines to their production range including The BagPress Mini. It is towed behind a jeep saving time and diesel cost between jobs. Then once attached to the tractor it bags materials such as maize, brewer’s grain, chopped sugar beet and other such products. It allows farmers to store high quality fermented feed on farm without drying cost. Moist Animal Feed Sean Tully Animal Feeds Ltd Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0872437600 Phone: 049 433 1958. S.T.A.F moist feeds provide rumen, available carbohydrate through starch and good quality protein from Natural sources.We aim to extend the shelf life of the animal feed while keeping the nutrients in the product & keeping surplus foods out of land fill hence reducing the carbon footprint.The ration is nutritionally tailored as a stand-alone feed and as a complimentary feed. Automatically Fed Post Driver Shane Timoney Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0873694188 Our innovation is an automatically fed post driver that is operated by the hydraulics of the tractor. Our post driver feeds posts into position to be driven by the hammer using a revolving plate that holds the posts. The revolver holds six posts in position using spring loaded gates. The revolver is rotated using a ratchet and pawl mechanism. Shannon ABC Food Innovations Shannon Applied Biotechnology Centre Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0879952862 Website: www.shannonabc.ie Our innovation is the processing, extraction, purification and identification of high value bioactive compounds from industry waste streams. We also engage in the valorisation of bioactive to reduce waste production and enable the reuse and recycle of bioactives. These bioactives will be incorporated into products in the food, feed, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and industrial sector. Feed Tidy Sturdy Products Ltd. Email: [email protected] Phone: 045 865044 Website: www.sturdyproducts.com The Sturdy Feed Tidy is a new durable product in our farming range that substantially reduces the clean up time at the feeding area of housed livestock. With the spike, fork or grab on the tractor, simply pick up the Feed Tidy at the lifting point. The Feed Tidy runs along the pen wall where the rotating motion pushes the feed towards the cattle - leaving the area clean of feed products Disc Harrow Tipperary Tillers Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0857855565 Our Disc Harrow cultivates a six inch wide strip which alternates with a six inches that is not cultivated. Our Harrow has three rows of discs. The 1st disc is in the centre and has an independent depth control. The 2 nd disc is two inches to the right of the centre and the 3 rd is two inches to the left of the centre. MS2500 TrommALL Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0864176666 Website: www.trommall.com At Trommall we focus on distributing mobile trammel & deck screen machinery worldwide. Our NEW MS2500 deck screen is available in a static version which is movable with fork lift or indeed as a full road going wheeled version which can be brought to site using a tow hitch. This new machine is perfect for farmers to screen top soil, remove impurities in the soil and aid the production of their own compost. Grass Metrics Sensor True North Technologies Ltd Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0876774902 Website: www.truenorthtechnologies.ie Our product is a Grass Metrics Sensor. It measures grassland quality output. The benefit is lower operating cost. This leads to greater efficiency. Dairy Forecasting Platform TSSG Email: [email protected] Mobile: +353866039841 Website: www.tssg.org The Dairy Forecasting Platform is a technology that is used by the Business intelligence units of the Irish Dairy Processors to forecast the volume of milk arriving at the processors gate each day. The platform solves a historic problem for the processors and delivers highly accurate forecasts ranging from 10 days to 1 year in advance Nanosensor systems for on-farm disease diagnostics Tyndall National Institute Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Phone: 0212346403 Website: www.tyndall.ie The core innovation lies in fabrication of discrete arrays of metal nanoelectrodes used as sensors on silicon chips. These nanowire sensor devices can exhibit a 100-1000 fold increase of sensitivity compared to larger traditional electrodes. They are now being used to detect BVD and BHV-1 by measuring a droplet of bovine blood with these sensors. BlightLink Irish Rose Essential Oil Company Ltd. Email: [email protected] Phone: 028 20527 / 0874381876 Website: http://www.blightlink.com Collaboration between stakeholders has shown improved outcomes in the control of Potato Late Blight. BlightLink integrates a traditional blight risk warning system with a social network of users, as a first step in a design process informed by real user experience. LactoShield® BioAtlantis Ltd Email: [email protected] Phone: 0035366 7118477 Website: www.bioatlantis.com LactoShield® is the foundation for life. Designed for lactating sow diets to maximise progeny development. LactoShield® has proven efficacy (collaboration with UCD) in reducing stillborn numbers, increasing maternal antibody transfer and improving weaning uniformity, thus minimising antibiotic requirements. Furthermore, the economics of LactoShield® is unique in that its application to one sow results in lifetime growth performance (+10 %) to each piglet in the litter (~13 piglets). Grass-Guide Sixty-5 Technologies Ltd Email: [email protected] Mobile: 00447813905775 Website: www.sixty-5.com Grass-Guide is a simple-to-use, entry-level GPS guidance system that helps farmers to avoid overlaps and misses while spraying or sowing fertiliser. Coverage mapping shows where you've been and virtual field markers show an optimised path to increase efficiencies. Start and finish fields with a press of just one button and view completed jobs on our free-to-view Grass-Guide Online site. One Pass Soil Preparations Systems Rotospiral Ltd Email: [email protected] Mobile: 086 2592509 Website: www.rotospiral.ie Our one pass machine which rotates and lifts the soil onto a chain, carrying it back to the machine, soil is then dropped through a screen which removes greater than 4” diameter for tipping. Fine soil drops onto another screen which allows soil to drop through and bury the larger sizes evenly under a fine bed.