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TELUS has created an entirely new business unit dedicated to providing innovative solutions to support the agriculture industry with connected technology.
The company says TELUS Agriculture will optimize the food value chain by leveraging data in new ways to increase efficiency, production, and yields, delivering better food outcomes for businesses and the end consumer. To do so, TELUS will leverage its expertise in connectivity and data to streamline operations, improve food traceability, and provide consumers with fresher and healthier food. TELUS Agriculture currently supports more than 100 million acres of agricultural land, backed by a team of more than 1,200 experts across Canada, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Slovakia, Armenia, Germany, China, and Australia.
“By means of our technology innovation, artificial intelligence and human compassion, we will help farmers and ranchers produce food for the world’s ever-expanding population more efficiently, safely and in a more environmentally friendly manner,” said Darren Entwistle, President and CEO of TELUS. “Our efforts to optimize food production will contribute to a better yield of food supply to meet the ever-growing requirements of our hungry planet.”
Over the course of the last year, TELUS has completed several key acquisitions, assembling a suite of key assets in the agriculture industry. Also on Nov. 12, TELUS Agriculture announced its most recent cornerstone acquisitions, global sales and distribution solutions powerhouse AFS Technologies and SaaS farm management platform Agrian.
With the addition of AFS and Agrian, TELUS Agriculture is now a global leader with customers in more than 50 countries, the company says.
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