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
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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.