This year’s event also featured four Czech companies – AgroEcoPower, ATX-DYNO, BEDNAR and Farmet. The companies presented their products and technologies to Canadian farmers, distributors, business partners and other industry professionals. Their offering covered a range of areas of modern agriculture, from agricultural machinery performance optimization and soil cultivation to technologies designed to improve input efficiency and reduce operating costs.

AgroEcoPower and ATX-DYNO presented solutions focused on optimizing the performance of agricultural machinery. Their technologies respond, among other things, to the growing emphasis on operational efficiency, making better use of machinery performance potential, and reducing fuel consumption and other operating costs. BEDNAR and Farmet showcased a wide range of machinery for soil cultivation, seeding and other agricultural operations. Their presence demonstrated that Czech companies can offer the Canadian market not only individual machines, but also comprehensive technological solutions focused on the efficient management of soil, agricultural inputs and time.

The Czech participation was also complemented by CzechAgro, a virtual catalogue of Czech agricultural technologies and manufacturers. It provides international partners with an overview of the Czech agtech sector and enables them to identify suitable Czech suppliers and technological solutions.

Canada’s agricultural sector represents a significant market for European agtech manufacturers. In 2024, the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector generated almost CAD 150 billion in GDP and employed approximately 2.3 million people, accounting for around 7% of Canada’s GDP and one in nine jobs in the country.

For Czech agricultural machinery manufacturers, Canada is particularly attractive due to the combination of large-scale agricultural farms, a high degree of mechanization, the need to increase productivity and ongoing labour shortages. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has highlighted labour shortages as a long-term challenge linked, among other factors, to the seasonal nature of agricultural work, an ageing workforce and demographic trends in rural areas. Labour shortages are one of the factors driving interest in automation, robotics and productivity-enhancing technologies.

Key opportunities for Czech exporters include:

• Labour shortages are supporting demand for technologies that increase productivity, automate individual operations and reduce the time required for agricultural work.
• Precision agriculture and digitalization are creating opportunities for GPS technologies, automation, variable-rate application, sensors, remote sensing and other data-driven solutions.
• Reducing input and operating costs is an important consideration, particularly for technologies that enable more efficient use of fuel, fertilizers, crop protection products and labour.
• Automation and robotics are among the rapidly developing areas of Canada’s agritech sector. This year’s show placed significant emphasis on automation, robotics and technologies designed to increase labour productivity.
• Federal and provincial support programs encourage investment in innovation, productivity, environmental measures and technological development.
• The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada facilitates access to the Canadian market for Czech manufacturers and contributes to favourable conditions for bilateral trade.

The pace of technological development was clearly visible at this year’s show. Alongside traditional agricultural machinery, exhibitors showcased technologies incorporating automation, robotics, digital control systems and unmanned systems. These technologies are increasingly moving from demonstration projects toward practical applications on farms.

Among the solutions attracting attention were technologies enabling the autonomous operation of agricultural machinery and mechanical weed control, addressing both the need to reduce input use and ongoing labour shortages. Agricultural drones also represent an important area of development, with applications including crop monitoring, data collection and product application. These technologies form part of the broader digitalization of Canadian agriculture, where data, automation, AI and precision farming are becoming increasingly interconnected.

For Czech companies entering the Canadian market, commercial and service infrastructure remains as important as the technological capabilities of the product itself. Canada’s vast geography means that customers often expect readily available after-sales service, spare parts, technical support and responsive communication.

For many Czech manufacturers, cooperation with a local distributor or dealer can therefore be an effective market-entry strategy. A local partner can provide knowledge of regional market conditions, established service infrastructure and existing relationships with farmers.

Czech companies interested in cooperation with Canadian partners in the agricultural technology sector can take advantage of the support provided by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa and its Commercial and Economic Section.

The participation of the Czech companies was supported by the Czech Ministry of Agriculture and organized by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Ottawa as part of an economic diplomacy project under the PROPED programme.

The next edition of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show will take place on September 14–16, 2027, in Woodstock, Ontario.