Innovation driven by farmers' needs.
True North works with the leaders in agriculture in Ireland and Europe to design and develop innovative hardware and software solutions to meet your needs as a farmer or advisor.
The benefits of innovation
True North Technologies are leaders in farming technology aimed at improving the economic, social and environmental sustainability of farms. Using our products will provide you with reliable, consistent and accurate data for your on-farm decision support.
Easy grass measuring with auto uploadGrass measuring & management system
±25 kg DM/ha, validated Cover to wedge, instantly Maps that match the ground Features and pricing
Farming is now a truly data-driven enterpriseAnimal weighing system with Smartport
Reads the tag, does the paperwork Draft as you weigh Daily gain, per animal Features and pricing
Open from anywhere, at any timeSmart remote gate release system
Release it from anywhere Timers, schedules and rainfall It tells you what it sees Features and pricing
Where the measurements become decisionsGrassland, weighing, mapping and soil sampling in one place
The wedge, drawn for you Maps that match the ground The paperwork, handled Features and pricingOur products on farms
Counted across every farm on GrasslandTools, recounted every hour.
- farms walked in the last 12 months
- 1,795
- hectares of grazing ground
- 65,722
- animals weighed
- 19,597
- gates in the field
- 371
True North Technologies — Innovation in Agriculture
True North Technologies is based in Shannon, Co. Clare. Work on our first product, Grasshopper, began in 2012, and it went on sale in 2015. Since then the company has expanded its product base with ground-breaking technologies that focus on delivering geo-tagged decision support and other solutions to the agricultural sector.
Our in-house skills include comprehensive software development capabilities and allow us to offer the latest in app design, for Android and iOS, and online decision support tools.
- Founded
- 2012
- Based in
- Shannon, Co. Clare
- First Grasshopper
- 2015
- Validated with
- Moorepark
- Designed and made in
- Ireland
Recognised by Enterprise Ireland as an entrepreneurial company leading innovation in the agricultural technology sector.
Our approach
To deliver innovative products that help to reduce paperwork on the farm.
Our values
To design and deliver reliable, innovative products and services that help transform the farm work experience.
Our support
Our sales and office support team offers individual attention to resolve questions from our customers.
Our resources
Our in-house team covers software development, hardware engineering and production disciplines.
We have actively engaged with agencies and universities around Europe
The Grasshopper algorithm was developed and validated over a three-year period by True North Technologies and the research team at the Moorepark Grassland Research Centre in Ireland.
What our clients think
“At 56 years old and poor with technology generally, I find the Grasshopper very easy to use, and the confidence it's given me to make grass management decisions at a way earlier point than I used to. I would highly recommend to anyone looking to improve decision making around grass.”
“We've been using the system religiously for 4 years now and I would be completely lost now without it. I often wonder how I managed before I got it and started grass measuring.”
“The Grasshopper gives me the ability to be on top of the grazing management throughout the year. As we are a dry farm and burn up quickly, I find the Grasshopper system super at I seeing deficit coming 2 weeks ahead of what we normally would.”
“Grasshopper gives me great utilization of grass, great confidence in the grazing rotation with increased protein percentages in cows going into proper cover all the time.”
“We were using cut and weigh years ago to measure grass but found it way to slow, so ended up giving it up until we came across the Grasshopper at the ploughing match in 2018. It's part of the weekly routine every week now. The speed and ability for anyone of the family to go out and measure grass is a huge benefit to us as labour is very scarce during the weekdays. It's a job my wife and daughter love to do at the weekends.”
“GrasslandTools is a great help to any farmer, giving you your average farm cover per cow instantly. The farm map being colour coded gives you a good clear overall look at your farm.”
“A real hands-free device with no paper needed. Hardest part was reading the dirty tag numbers so I look forward to the EID addition. It makes the weighing process very easy and the transfer of weighing data directly onto an Excel sheet even easier.”
“We retrofitted the WeighRite system on our mobile cattle crush and since then we have shared the data with our nutritionist, and it has helped no end on formulating TMR mixes to maximise ADG.”
“WeighRite gives us all information at hand. It's user-friendly, efficient and helps us monitor livestock performance continuously. Even my dad likes the ease of use.”
Reducing the paperwork on the farm
Our sales and office support team offers individual attention to resolve questions from our customers. Guides, answers and parts are below — or ring the office in Shannon.
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Monday to Friday, 9:00–17:00 Irish time (IST)
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Unit 4, Kilsheelan House
Shannon, Co. Clare, V14 PP66
Ireland
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