Innovations to the fore at Millstreet

Pat Flanagan (Nitrofert), Denis Kiely (Show Director), Christy Doherty (AXA), Diarmuid McSweeney (True North), Barry Clarke (AXA), Ursula Forest (Cork Holstein Friesian Club President), Laurence Feeney (IHFA CE). Picture: National Dairy Show

A Wi-Fi connected gate operated automatically by a weather station was named overall winner of the Innovation Awards at this year's National Dairy Show.

True North Technologies' system integrates software with a weather station hosted on the farm and connected via the home Wi-Fi. It provides farmers with up-to-date local weather information, which is also available through the E-gate smartphone application. The weather data can trigger an automatic gate-opening event based on specific conditions, such as rain.