Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada is one step closer to a compartmentalizing regime that hog farmers and the rest of the industry hope protects them against market impacts of African swine fever. Practical application can be developed now that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has released its National Standards and National Framework for the Canadian ASF Compartment Program. From […] Read more
ASF compartmentalization moves a step forward
Plan not an attempt to download responsibilities, CFIA says
At Ag in Motion: ‘Small iron’ revolution brings bikes to farms
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s a “small iron revolution” happening on farms across Canada. Even though most farmers and people in agriculture probably see “fat bikes” and “e-bikes” as urban phenomena, these new versions of bicycles are leaping into the farmyards and farm fields in hundreds of places. “I have some farm friends who have e-bikes (or) big fat […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: Farmers gung-ho about digital integration system
'Having a single data point... was number one for us'
Reading Time: 2 minutes For a committed user of the Climate FieldView digital integration system, Mike Ferguson had an unusual observation about himself. “I’m not a big technology guy,” said Ferguson, who with his wife Regan farms 3,000 acres at Melfort, Sask. But for him, using the various data-based management tools available in farming today isn’t just helpful, but […] Read more
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