VegTech

Vegetable production exposes the limits of traditional equipment that challenge farmers every season. Black soil requires lighter machinery because its density can overload heavier machines designed for harder ground. Planting patterns also vary from farm to farm, preventing uniform equipment from performing as intended. The result is a patchwork of manual work that strains already thin margins. Productivity declines when farmers cannot access solutions built specifically for their unique conditions. These realities create an urgent need for automation that adapts to the specific and varied demands of vegetable production.

VegTech addresses this need through equipment designed for flexibility and adaptability. The company focuses entirely on vegetable producers, ensuring every machine reflects the crops, soils, and planting systems that define this sector. Its designs range from fully standard machines to completely custom projects, and even standard products can be adjusted to match each producer’s situation. Turnkey solutions extend that adaptability across entire processes, whether in the field or in post-harvest facilities.

This dedication to tailored automation allows VegTech to deliver machines that align with grower realities while overcoming the limitations of general-purpose agricultural equipment.
“We work only with vegetable producers, from lettuce to root crops. Every farm has different needs, so our equipment must remain adaptable and customizable to fit those specific conditions,” says Guillaume Verner, President.

Customized Solutions that Drive Productivity

The company combines flexibility and precision in its approach. In the first category, machines begin with proven templates but undergo modifications to fit each grower’s crop and soil requirements. The same adaptability extends to post-harvest and processing systems. VegTech’s engineers fine-tune the base design until it performs correctly under the given conditions. This method saves development time while still producing equipment that feels custom-built.

The second category consists of fully custom machines. These projects start from a blank sheet and develop through conversations with the grower. Farmers describe the gaps in their operations, whether in planting, harvesting, or post-harvest handling.

VegTech also manages turnkey automation projects that go beyond single machines and cover entire processes, both in the field and in processing facilities. These projects mainly apply to post-harvest equipment such as washing, grading, and sorting lines. VegTech oversees every stage, from engineering to delivery, so growers do not need to coordinate multiple vendors. Farmers receive systems that are ready to operate immediately, supported by the company’s technical expertise and long-term service capabilities. Specialized projects address novel farming situations, and core categories include harvesting, washing, grading, conveying, and transplanting machines, each configurable to local needs. Automation services connect these products into integrated systems that reduce labor reliance while improving throughput.

Every element supports VegTech’s mission: helping vegetable producers increase productivity through automated solutions and equipment tailored to their needs.

Results, Innovation, and Growth

A spinach leaf harvester demonstrates the effectiveness of VegTech’s approach. Before its development, growers relied on workers crawling through fields to cut leaves by hand. The process consumed time, caused physical strain, and limited output. VegTech designed a harvester that targeted the weak points of this practice. Prototypes focused on key mechanical parts and underwent direct field testing. Once launched, the machine performed reliably from day one. Four years later, it remains in operation on the same farm, proving its durability and value across multiple harvest cycles.
Another example involves lettuce operations where nets had to be laid and removed. European machines existed for this task but performed poorly in Canadian fields. Farmers faced inefficiency and frequent setbacks. VegTech responded with a self-propelled solution that combined three operations: laying nets, removing them, and transporting them.

The design featured twelve rollers and immediately outperformed the imported models. Growers gained a reliable alternative that increased productivity and reduced wasted effort.

VegTech’s leadership team brings personal experience in vegetable farming, particularly in black soils. Their knowledge of those conditions adds credibility to every design choice. The company strengthens that trust through a true partnership model in which customers collaborate directly in shaping machines through their insights and feedback. This co-design approach ensures that equipment functions correctly from the start. Testing then focuses on likely stress points, which speeds up development without compromising reliability.

The company’s future builds on these same principles while aiming at broader markets. It seeks to expand recognition across North America, extending its reach beyond Quebec into the rest of Canada and the United States. A major part of this vision is PLANTIS, a retrofit system for conventional planters. It integrates automatic seedling placement modules that allow one operator to perform work traditionally handled by several people, streamlining transplanting without losing speed or accuracy. The product is patented in both Canada and the United States, highlighting VegTech’s commitment to verified innovation. PLANTIS demonstrates how VegTech addresses labor shortages through intelligent modifications to existing equipment.

VegTech’s credibility comes from lived experience. Its leadership team has worked the same black soils as its customers, so every design reflects firsthand understanding of challenges in the field. This grounding in real farming conditions shapes the company’s approach: practical ingenuity to solve specific problems, a commitment to stay engaged after delivery, and the discipline to build machines that last.

Vegetable production continues to expose the limits of conventional machinery. Heavy soils, variable planting patterns, and a shrinking workforce demand solutions that standard equipment cannot deliver. VegTech turns those challenges into opportunities for innovation. Through flexible design, custom engineering, and proven field performance, the company delivers automation that keeps vegetable growers productive where ordinary machines fall short.