Farmers Edge, provider of precision agronomic management services, has been selected as one of the 23 Honorees of the 2013 Alberta Science and Technology Leadership Awards. The theme of this year’s ASTech Awards Gala is “Shaping the Future” and will showcase the significant impact each of the honorees have in the development of innovation in Alberta. The honorees will be recognized for their contributions at the 2013 ASTech Awards Gala on October 25, 2013.

For 24 years, the ASTech Foundation has invited members of industry, educational institutions and government agencies to be nominated for the ASTech Awards and only the top candidates are selected as honorees in each category.

Recognized for the development of Advanced Geospatial Yield Analysis. This technology enables the ability to process vast amounts of harvest data to measure yield results with geospatial accuracy. This powerful new tool from Farmers Edge allows better measurement of the yield and return of investment of crop input decisions on an unprecedented number fields allowing growers to make better farm management decisions.