There was double success for Tipperary at the Ploughing yesterday. Tipperary-based Herdwatch secured the Farm Software Award and Abbey Farm Machinery is named as winner of the Agtech Award at Enterprise Ireland’s Innovation Arena. The success may lead to business expansion as over 40 international buyers from 10 countries are due to visit the Innovation Arena this week.
Tipperary-based Herdwatch was named as the winner of the Farm Software Award for the company’s ‘Grass & Crops by Herdwatch’, which will allow farmers to digitalise their grass and crop production and soil health data in a simple and easy-to-use app.
Abbey Farm Machinery won the AgTech Award for the Abbey Diet Feeder with EvoNIR feed sensor. Installed on the tub of the feed mixer the device can continuously monitor the quality of the mixture. Real-time analysis with adjustment guarantees a homogenous and constant TMR in line with nutritionist formulation by analysing the changes in dry matter and starch content.
Leo Clancy, CEO, Enterprise Ireland commented that “Irish agri-tech companies continue to have an influential impact internationally with their cutting-edge products and services that are helping to bring greater efficiencies across agriculture.”
The world’s first temperate climate grassland management tool, GrassMax, has been named as the overall winner at this year’s Enterprise Ireland Innovation Arena Awards. The aim of GrassMax is to remove the need for farmers to routinely walk their grass paddocks, optimise soil fertility and deliver verified enhancements in crop performance and resource use efficiency.
