Semitone Amosu, researcher at Olds College, delivers a soil health seminar at the school's AgSmart Expo in July 2025.

Taking a holistic approach to soil health

Olds College researcher developing soil health scorecard

Reading Time: 2 minutes Semitone Amosu, a researcher at Olds College, is developing a soil health scorecard for producers to use when analyzing the health of their most important asset.

Crop plots featured at the 2022 AgSmart event on the Olds College Smart Farm.

AgSmart expo changes hands

The annual event will still take place at Olds College of Agriculture and Technology, but has had a change in management

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ownership of the AgSmart Educational Expo will shift from the Olds College ofAgriculture and Technology to the Red Deer-based Agri-Trade Equipment Expo group.


Just when farmers thought they’d seen it all, a drone capable of spot weed spraying at speeds of up to 70 km/h is about to enter the market. The $100,000 aircraft uses artificial intelligence and cameras to target individual weeds, said Jannatul Mourey, an engineer and project architect with Precision AI.

Third edition of AgSmart attracts big – and curious – crowds

Reading Time: 2 minutes With innovations ranging from drones that recognize and spray weeds on the fly, to the latest in worm dung, AgSmart is securing its reputation as one of Canada’s top agriculture events. Nearly 3,000 people attended the latest event Aug. 9-10 that highlights work being done at Olds College’s Smart Farm. It focused on agriculture technology […] Read more