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Markham and Vaughan-based AgTech companies make semi-finals for agricultural methane challenge

A $12-million initiative to fund innovators tackling methane emissions from Canada’s cattle herds has announced 13 semi-finalists which are exploring solutions in the field.
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Impact Canada, a federal government program, jointly launched the Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge in November 2023 with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to fund organizations acting to cut methane emissions from the cow-calf, dairy and feed-lot sectors.

Out of 86 applicants, the field has been narrowed to 13 semi-finalists which can receive up to $153,846 and move on to the prototype development stage. Pond Technologies from Markham made the semi-finals in the feed category, along with Vaughan-based WaterPuris making it for the technological developers category.

Full Article: sustainablebiz.ca