Smart on-Farm Grain Storage and Management

莱斯布里奇学院（LC）正在建立采后技术的研究能力，以开发工程解决方案，最大限度地减少谷物，园艺和块茎作物的采后损失。南阿尔伯塔省是加拿大最肥沃、最多产的地区之一，拥有多种作物生产，包括小麦、油菜、豆类、玉米、土豆、甜菜，以及重要的牲畜和乳制品生产，农业收入超过31.1亿美元。南阿尔伯塔农场为莱斯布里奇地区120多家已建立的农业食品企业提供高质量的原材料，其中包括世界领先的食品加工商。opissystems公司（Calgary， AB, Canada）是一家先进的粮食管理技术公司，提供硬件和软件解决方案，以防止储存在农场和粮食处理设施中的粮食变质。该公司提供基于云的农场粮食储存监测（粮食湿度和温度），使用传感技术和自动化通风控制来干燥和通风粮食。拟议的拨款将用于改进自动通风和谷物干燥风扇控制算法。

Lethbridge College (LC) is building research capacity in postharvest technology to develop engineering solutions for minimizing postharvest losses of grains, horticulture, and tuber crops. Southern Alberta, which is among the most fertile and productive regions in Canada with diverse crop production including wheat, canola, pulses, corn, potatoes, sugar beets in addition to significant livestock and dairy production, generates farm revenues of over $3.11 billion. Southern Alberta farms provide high quality raw material for over 120 established agri-food businesses in the Lethbridge Region, including world leading food processors. OPIsystems Inc. (Calgary, AB, Canada) is an advanced grain management technology company that provides hardware and software solutions to prevent spoilage of grain stored on-farm and at grain handling facilities. The company offers cloud-based on-farm grain storage monitoring (grain moisture and temperature) using sensing technology and automated aeration controls for drying and aeration of grain. The proposed grant will be used to improve automated aeration and grain drying fan control algorithms.