They too believe farmers should own their information and be empowered to choose who they share it with.”Asked whether Farm At Hand’s operations will directly connect to Telus’ in the future, the Telus representative said “we’re always looking at emerging areas where we can leverage data and technology to spur innovation, help organizations be more productive and improve the lives of Canadians.”Telus — which provides consumer and business phone, cellular, broadband and cable service across Canada — said it “has long partnered with farmers to help connect, track and modernize farms and welcoming Farm at Hand to the Telus family will further that effort.”Farm At Hand was founded in 2012 in Saskatchewan and relocated its operations to Vancouver the following year. Apr 2017 – Sep 2019 2 years 6 months. The farm management platform, which was launched in 2012, makes it easier for growers to track farm inventory and manage field records — whether it be equipment, crop inventory,… Read More Farm At Hand, Vancouver, British Columbia. All rights reserved. Farm at Hand announced Tuesday that it has joined “the TELUS family,” in an effort to make the farm platform more user-friendly and provide more options. Farm At Hand driven by TELUS. Vancouver farm management software development firm Farm At Hand has become an arm of one of the Big Five in Canada’s communication services sector.Farm At Hand, which makes the cloud-based Crop Planner software suite for farmers and the Farm At Hand Agronomy suite for agronomists, announced Tuesday it has been wholly acquired by Telus for an undisclosed sum.Few specifics of the deal were available last week, though Farm At Hand on Tuesday described it as “a natural fit” toward its goal to “simplify complicated tools to be user-friendly and match how you plan, work and keep track of what’s happening on your farm.”Working with Telus, it said, will further that goal “by making Farm At Hand the hub that links together leading-edge software and IoT devices.”IoT, or Internet of Things, refers to connected physical devices, such as farm equipment and crop monitoring systems, sharing data over networks without human involvement.Farm At Hand recently announced it would work with tech firm Agrimatics to connect that company’s Libra Cart grain cart display and data management system with Farm At Hand account, and in May it announced integration with Deere’s MyJohnDeere system.Through the Telus deal, Farm At Hand said Tuesday, it will be “better able to alert you to key changes, and offer advanced tools and information — a way of keeping track of everything in one central platform.”Both companies emphasized last week that nothing will change immediately in Farm At Hand’s operations.A Telus spokesperson said the Vancouver-based telecom firm “will continue Farm At Hand’s proven commitment to helping farmers best manage their farms, adding new features and services in the future.”Farm At Hand, on its website, said its customers will “still have access to the tools you rely on,” adding “one of the things that we love about Telus is their approach to data transparency and privacy. ... “TELUS had already built the network we needed,” explained Denis Levi, North Star’s IT Manager. In 2015 it became an arm of Winnipeg-based grain marketing consultancy FarmLink Marketing Solutions; co-founders Kim Keller and Himanshu Singh left the company the following year. The company was branded as "Farm AT Hand driven by TELUS". The company was branded as "Farm AT Hand driven by TELUS". Last year TELUS announced the launch of its LTE-M low-power wide-area (LPWA) network across Canada. Our approach to farm management software is always focused on making life simpler and more profitable for farmers. Responsible for Farm at Hand Agronomy Product development. Melfort, SK. "TELUS International provides "business process solutions". Farm at Hand – Driven by TELUS Chris will go over a couple of different farm management platforms that enable farmers to have all their information from field records, to production inventory, to equipment and more at their fingertips.