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Mental Health Week: Ground Truth Ag recognizes importance of mental health in agriculture
May 6-12 is Mental Health Week in Canada. To recognize the importance of mental health in the agriculture sector, Ground Truth Ag sat down with our Vice President of Commercial Development, Kim Keller, to talk about her work with the Do More Ag Foundation.
Meet Leigh Lamontagne
Meet Leigh Lamontagne, Ground Truth Ag's Grain Quality Control Consultant. Discover how his extensive experience in grain grading and passion for agtech are helping to shape the future of real-time grain grading with machine learning. Dive into Leigh's journey from seasoned expert to innovative consultant and explore his diverse interests outside of work.
Meet Divyesh Patel
Meet Divyesh Patel, the dynamic Chief Operating Officer at Ground Truth Ag. Discover how his extensive expertise and leadership are driving the development of innovative agtech solutions. Learn about his journey from consulting for startups to shaping the future of precision agriculture with Ground Truth Ag. Join us as we delve into Divyesh's passion for teamwork, problem-solving, and the great outdoors.
Meet Kim Keller
One of the most exciting things about being a startup is building our team - drawing together our inner circle to help us realize our vision and grow our company and culture. Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Vice President of Commercial Development Kim Keller.
Part One - Interview Ground Truth Ag founder Kyle Folk
“When I was young, one of my first jobs on the farm was driving the grain truck from the field to the yard so my grandma could unload the truck,” Ground Truth Agriculture Inc’s founder and chief executive officer remembers. “While she was unloading the grain, I’d take a cup on the end of a stick and scoop out a bit of grain into a pail and eventually bag up a sample to send away for grading.”
Meet Vignesh Shankar
One of the most exciting things about being a startup is building our team - drawing together our inner circle to help us realize our vision and grow our company and culture. Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Machine Learning Engineer, Vignesh Shankar.v
Fifth generation farmer field tests Ground Truth Ag’s on-combine prototype
Ground Truth Ag sat down with Fahlman Acres’ owner and operator, Brady Fahlman, to talk about his experiences testing our company’s on-combine grain grading prototype during this year’s harvest.
“I’m very proud that I’m the fifth generation to farm my family’s original homestead,” Fahlman says. Located outside of Holdfast, Saskatchewan, the farm dates back to 1904 and has grown into a 13,000-acre operation that produces canola, yellow peas, red lentils and Canadian red spring wheat.
Ground Truth Ag competing in Ag Innovations Competition at the Agri-Trade Equipment Expo
Ground Truth Ag is very excited to have been chosen as one of five innovators to compete in this year’s Ag Innovations Competition at the Agri-Trade Equipment Expo in Red Deer from November 8th to 10th, 2023.
Meet Charith Chebrolu
Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Database Developer, Charith Chebrolu.
Meet Fahad Shah
Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Electronic Systems Engineer, Fahad Shah.
Meet Kiran Patel
One of the most exciting things about being a startup is building our team - drawing together our inner circle to help us realize our vision and grow our company and culture. Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Grain Quality Technician, Kiran Patel.
Meet Mikhail Kim
Meet Mikhail
“Three things really came together – it’s about agriculture, it involves spectroscopy – which is related to my PhD - and it was in Regina where my spouse was relocating,” Mikhail explains about why he decided to come work at Ground Truth Ag.
Know more samples: On sampling and subjectivity
KNOW MORE SAMPLES: On sampling and subjectivity
Chief Operating Officer Divyesh Patel described the problem Ground Truth Ag is solving for farmers at the Ag Tech Accelerator’s Demo Day at Canada’s Farm Show this June.
Meet Avelino (Jojo) Pagador, Jr.
One of the most exciting things about being a startup is building our team - drawing together our inner circle to help us realize our vision and grow our company and culture. Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Full Stack Developer Avelino Pagador, Jr. - better known as Jojo.
Meet Nastaran
One of the most exciting things about being a startup is building our team - drawing together our inner circle to help us realize our vision and grow our company and culture. Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with Data Grain Collector Nastaran Ghavidel.
Meet Mariia
One of the most exciting things about being a startup is building our team - drawing together our inner circle to help us realize our vision and grow our company and culture. Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Analytical Chemist Mariia Selivanova.
Meet Dr. Aamir
One of the most exciting things about being a startup is building our team - drawing together our inner circle to help us realize our vision and grow our company and culture. Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our Senior Machine Learning Engineer Dr. Syed Aamir Ali Shah.
Meet Virendra and Christian
Over the next while, we will be introducing you to more of our team at Ground Truth Ag, continuing with our University of Regina interns who are helping to analyze our grain data.
If you ever drive by the Ground Truth Ag office in the evening or on the weekend, and you see the lights on and cars in the parking lot, you will know you are likely to run into Virendra Patel and Christian Miranda.
Sask. agtech startup closes $4-million seed round to put grain quality info into farmers’ hands
(Tuesday, November 29, 2022 – Regina, Saskatchewan) Ground Truth Agriculture Inc. (Ground Truth Ag) announced the close of its seed funding round with $4-million to develop technology that will provide farmers with lab-quality grain analysis right off their combine, in real-time and with location precision.