AgTalk Episode 29 - Food 5.0 - The future of Agriculture with Robert Saik

ROBERT SAIK has had forty years of experience as a Professional Agrologist, entrepreneur and an international consultant who's worked with a wide variety of agriculturalists from Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture to Bill Gates on implementation of ag tech to help developing economies. Over his life he has founded over 15 companies in the areas of Farming, Agri-Retail, Distribution, Media and Ag Tech including The Agri-Trend/Agri-Data Group of Companies which were acquired by Trimble. Robert is CEO of AGvisorPRO Inc and Saik Management Group Inc. AGvisorPRO is a new way for the agriculture sector to solve problems through a brand-new connectivity platform for farming. As CEO of his holding company, Saik Management Group Inc., he provides consulting services to many organizations and serves on several boards and advisory committees. Robert up until recently was CEO of DOT Technology Corp an Autonomous Robotic Farming Company which I am looking forward to discuss in more detail over this podcast. Rob has wide interests in the ag tech space and facilitates the PowerFARM peer group for progressive food producers. He is an author with over 50 published articles, Executive Producer of the Know Ideas media, a keynote speaker and recognized as 2016 Canadian Agri-Marketer of the Year by the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association.