Reading Time: 2 minutes One third of agricultural jobs could be automated in the next decade according to a recent report from the Conference Board of Canada.
A third of agricultural jobs could be automated in next decade, report says
Farmers Edge to go private three years after IPO
Company’s majority holder to buy all shares at pennies on the dollar
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ag tech firm Farmers Edge has inked a deal with majority shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited to sell all common shares at 35 cents apiece, the company announced late yesterday.
Farmers Edge considering privatization
The tech firm is evaluating a pennies on the dollar share buyback from its majority holder
Reading Time: < 1 minute Fewer than three years after going public, Manitoba-based tech firm Farmers Edge is considering a privatization proposal.
Discovery Farm Woodstock joins Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network
The research site joins its Saskatchewan counterpart on the initiative’s roster
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia’s eastern Discovery Farm has joined the locations that share data and research through Old’s College’s Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network. The 330-acre Ontario site is the host of various demonstration research projects and Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. It was established as the permanent home for the show in 2020. “The objective is to provide […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: Find a purpose, then buy tech, Prairie grower says
No matter how cutting-edge, digital ag needs to be a fit on your farm
Reading Time: 2 minutes Investing in digital agriculture can be a daunting experience. A producer’s best bet, one northeastern Saskatchewan farmer says, is to do your homework and find a purpose for it on your farm. “You have got to have the root purpose of why you got that technology. Either that or you talk to others to help […] Read more
Automated ag skills program developed for Saskatchewan workforce
Protein supercluster, U of S supporting non-profit agency's program
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corrected, May 24 — A national skills-building organization focused on connecting employers with “untapped” labour markets sets its webcams this summer on the automated and digital ag sectors. Not-for-profit organization Palette Skills has launched a new eight-week online program for Saskatchewan residents focused on automation and digitization in agricultural production and processing. The enrolment deadline […] Read more
Farmers Edge launches IPO
Digital ag firm makes first public share offering to big demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes Manitoba’s best-known digital agriculture firm is now a publicly-traded company. Farmers Edge, founded in 2005 in Pilot Mound, Man. by agronomists Wade Barnes and Curtis MacKinnon, has carved out a niche using field-centric data, artificial intelligence and its FarmCommand data management platform. CEO Wade Barnes called it an exciting day during an online press conference […] Read more
Bayer to invest $7.5 billion in new herbicides
Reading Time: < 1 minute Berlin | Reuters — Bayer said it would invest five billion euros (C$7.5 billion) in developing new weedkillers and reducing its environmental impact by 30 per cent by 2030, as it seeks to address the fallout from U.S. class-action litigation over glyphosate. “While glyphosate will continue to play an important role in agriculture and in […] Read more
Canada clears Bayer’s Monsanto play, with conditions
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s Competition Bureau says it’s “actively reviewing” BASF’s suitability as a buyer of the crop seed and chemical assets Bayer has to sell to get the bureau’s blessing to buy Monsanto. The Competition Bureau said Wednesday it has an agreement with Bayer to deal with “concerns that the proposed transaction would have significantly harmed competition […] Read more
Bayer to sell digital farming business to BASF
Reading Time: 2 minutes Frankfurt | Reuters — Germany’s Bayer plans to sell its digital farming business to BASF as part of changes to concessions it has offered to win over antitrust regulators for its proposed takeover of Monsanto . Bayer, which had previously only agreed to grant a licence to competitors, said on Wednesday that as part of […] Read more
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