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The minister is on the case: federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau checks out the cab of a new Case IH Magnum tractor during her visit to the Ag in Motion show on July 20, 2022. (Greg Berg photo)
General, Machinery

Farmers, exhibitors hail Ag in Motion’s in-person return

Ag ministers check out event on Day 2

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Attendance numbers at the first live Ag in Motion in three years are an indication that demand for outdoor farm shows is as high as ever, show director Rob O’Connor says. O’Connor said he wasn’t sure what to expect after momentum building during the show’s first five years was quashed when the COVID-19 pandemic response […] Read more
Visitors walk the grounds at Ag in Motion on July 19, 2022 after taking cover from a rain shower. (Liam O’Connor photo)
General, Machinery

Glacier FarmMedia acquires Ag in Motion property

Show site's investors honoured as 2022 event begins

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Reading Time: 2 minutes The investors who helped secure the land that now hosts the annual Ag in Motion outdoor farm show have been given a gift that keeps on giving. At a presentation on Tuesday, the first day of the show’s 2022 in-person edition, Glacier FarmMedia — which owns the event along with this website and other farm […] Read more
File photo of federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on a tour of one of the original ‘Living Lab’ sites in Quebec that led up to the launch of the national ACS program in 2021. (Photo courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
General, Machinery, Weather

Feds boost Living Labs’ reach to all provinces

Nine projects, including first-Indigenous led lab, share $54M

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The first crop of federally-funded “Living Labs” backed by the Agricultural Climate Solutions (ACS) program, set up to prove carbon-sequestering on-farm processes, takes the concept to the six provinces where such farm-level labs weren’t yet in place. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, speaking Thursday in Calgary, announced $54 million from the $185 million, 10-year ACS program […] Read more
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Amazonas State, Brazil on Aug. 14, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Ueslei Marcelino)
General, Reuters

Market value alone is selling nature short, governments told

Economic valuations needed but 'not sufficient,' co-chair says

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — What is the value of a river? Is it for the nutritional content of the fish it sustains? The economic benefit of the local livelihoods it supports? Or does the river have its own value which humans cannot measure? Such questions may seem removed from the issues the world faces, from deepening climate […] Read more
Brandt’s Moose Jaw property will now be its primary manufacturing site for utility trailers. (CNW Group/Brandt)
General, Machinery

Brandt to build trailers at new Saskatchewan plant

Equipment maker aims to free up space in Regina

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Ag and industrial equipment manufacturer Brandt plans to start making its lines of utility trailers at factory space it owns in Moose Jaw, Sask., freeing up its factory floors in Regina to expand other product lines. The Brandt Group of Companies announced Tuesday it expects to start production of its trailer lines late this summer […] Read more
A Mexican port-of-entry sign on Highway 92 near Naco, Arizona. (Rex_Wholster/iStock/Getty Images)
General, Markets, Reuters

CUSMA leaders to discuss agreement during Mexico visit

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Mexico City | Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will discuss terms of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico (CUSMA) agreement, which was ratified in 2018, during a visit to Mexico, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Monday. “We’ll have a summit to discuss terms of the trade agreement treaty… in Mexico,” […] Read more
All of the participating teams and judges pose on stage after the competition. Photo: Liam O’Connor
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The next big AgTech ideas presented at Canada’s Farm Show

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Farmers, ranchers, and folks who work in the agriculture industry all want the latest and greatest technology for their respective fields. At the 2022 Canada’s Farm Show in Regina, Saskatchewan, six teams competed in a 24-hour “Agtech” start-up competition. It emulates shows like Dragon’s Den and entailed each team selecting one member to represent them […] Read more
The new program aims to help offset some of the costs associated with water management. Photo: File
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Sask farmers, ranchers get cash for water management

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers have $700,000 flowing their way from the Water Security Agency (WSA), in an effort to improve responsible agricultural management projects such as watersheds. The pilot program is being labeled as the Agricultural Water Management Fund.  “Effective water management may be one of the most important factors driving Saskatchewan’s growth in the […] Read more
Photo: McCain Foods Ltd.
General, Potatoes

McCain acquires predictive crop technology

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Reading Time: < 1 minute McCain Foods Ltd. has purchased predictive crop intelligence technology from Resson, a ‘vision intelligence technology’ firm headquartered in Fredericton, N.B. McCain has been a long-time partner with Resson, working together for nine years to develop algorithms that forecast farm yields using remote sensing technology. The technology will enable producers to make more appropriate decisions through […] Read more

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