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.
In Ireland and around Europe, our products are used by agencies and universities to develop and provide solutions for the farming community. We are committed to providing labour-saving decision support and innovative solutions.
Recognised by Enterprise Ireland as an entrepreneurial company leading innovation in the agricultural technology sector.
- Founded
- 2012
- Based in
- Shannon, Co. Clare
- First Grasshopper
- 2015
- Designed and made in
- Ireland
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.
Bespoke solutions
Our solutions harness a number of standard and emerging technologies to produce reliable data feeding into the decision making process in modern farm management. Our team has expertise in the communications, sensing, positioning and software disciplines.
Product design
We design and manufacture equipment for use in everyday farming applications. In addition, we contribute to ongoing projects across a number of research centres in Europe. True North offers design and development resources to third party companies.
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.
