Reading Time: 2 minutes Prairie beef farmers were forced to find new feed sources, learn new processes and make difficult decisions in managing their feed inventories in the past few years.
Farm shows
Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought
Company promises instant plant tissue sample results
Reading Time: 2 minutes ATP Nutrition, which made headlines last year with their Nutriscan portable soil lab, has upgraded the system to scan nutrients in the leaf tissue of plants.
Virtual fencing piloted in northern Saskatchewan
Reading Time: 2 minutes A pilot project of the virtual fencing company known as Vence is underway on the ranch of John and Deanne Chuiko in northern Saskatchewan. The Chuiko’s run CJ Ranching near St. Walburg, Sask.
Seed growers offer proof that new varieties will work, says SeCan manager
Reading Time: 2 minutes Todd Hyra can't speak for the entire grain industry, but as far as SeCan is concerned, its western business manager says there's no such thing as a
'Version 2.0" of any of the varieties it distributes.
WATCH: Enthusiasm beats the heat at AIM 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes The full attendance tally is still to come, but O’Connor estimated that this year’s event drew 30,000-32,000, with many people needing more than one day to make their way through the grounds to take in the new machinery, innovations, crop research and all things ag-related in-between.
Testigrip cuts off circulation at Ag in Motion
Reading Time: 2 minutes Jodi Suchoplas has big plans to market her invention around the world. She was an Innovation Award winner at Ag in Motion.
From AIM: Perennial and annual grazing mixes go head-to-head
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grazing study compares production, animal performance and sustainability metrics across perennial and annual multi-species mixes
From Ag in Motion: Farm does double duty
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rob Wunder, who farms with his family south of Foam Lake, Sask., spoke about the synergies between grain farming and cattle during the Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association lunch and learn at Ag in Motion on Wednesday.
Taking the human out of pressure washing
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pressure washing is an unpopular job on livestock farms that is increasingly solved with automation
From AIM: New tech opens paths for canola’s next steps
Reading Time: 4 minutes After Bayer’s “dream team” panel of canola breeders and developers at Ag in Motion to discuss their work on “the highest-yielding DeKalb canola hybrid yet,” an audience member posed the inevitable question: What’s next?