Reading Time: 6 minutes Your conversation starts with a text on your device: FARMER: “Farmbot, please make me a prescription map.” BOT REPLIES TO FARMER VIA TEXT: Would you like to do variable rate seeding on field 10?FARMER: Seed costs are higher, so yes.BOT: Would you like me to produce a rate map for you?FARMER: Yes.The Bot provides the map […] Read more
AI for data analysis
[AI for the Farm] Farms are building giant heaps of data. Somewhere in them is something valuable, call it a star of hope. But how do you pick out the useful stuff? It looks like artificial intelligence will help
If you really want it
Can Canada’s farmers launch better business ventures by following Nelson Gibson’s lead at APH?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Two minutes into the conversation, you begin to see the parallels between Nelson Gibson’s job and the job that more Canadian farmers see ahead for themselves. On the farm, that job is ahead partly because of how the land market is curtailing farm expansion plans, and partly too because of the new levels of equity […] Read more
How optical sprayers do a whole lot more
[Better Advice] Optical spraying systems can pay off if used only for pre-seed burnoffs, but with a little pushing of boundaries, these farmers are finding they can also use the technology to target fungicides and pre-harvest desiccants
Reading Time: 5 minutes Early adopters are buying optical spraying systems to greatly reduce the amount of herbicide required for pre-season burnoff of weeds. This alone is often enough to justify the cost for larger farms that cover thousands of acres per year. But pre-seed burnoff — seeing green weeds on brown ground and spraying them — is just […] Read more
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: New tester monitors bull fertility
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Slow-swimming bull sperm will have no place to hide. A Scottish company, Dyneval, has created a new semen analyzer that measures a wider range of concentrations of semen than previous testing methods. This will allow veterinarians, beef and dairy producers to have more control over semen quality. The Dynescanl analyzer is also […] 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
Open for the future
Futurology: When farmers get told to be flexible, Leeann Minogue responds: “What does that actually mean?” Jim Carroll may know a big part of the answer
Reading Time: 3 minutes Through this winter, we have asked ag industry experts to tell us about the big changes they see coming to the sector over the next 20 years. Some identified the potential for huge changes to the way we produce food — whether farmers will be gathering reams of data directly from plants and animals, or […] Read more
Putting autonomous machinery to the test
Saskatchewan farmers get a chance for a season with an autonomous fertilizer spreader
Reading Time: 5 minutes Anyone who has operated or worked on repairing machinery has from time to time cursed the engineer who came up with an awkward design, or when fighting with a part that is nearly impossible to remove and replace when it fails. But what if one of the major brands knocked on your door and asked […] Read more
Building a digital agriculture framework
EMILI looks to train future employees and provide a location for trials and demonstrations
Reading Time: 4 minutes A Manitoba-based organization is looking to advance digital agriculture by supporting innovative technology integration and creating opportunities for students and entrepreneurs to pursue careers in the field. “In 2022, we led a variety of projects in partnership with industry and academics to provide the digital ag ecosystem with more skills, training and resources,” says Jacqueline […] Read more
Grow food anywhere
New Canadian startup Growcer already has 50 “vertical farms” in place in Canada. Get ready for a whole lot more
Reading Time: 5 minutes In Canada’s northern regions, where the growing season is so short it can seem non-existent in any agricultural sort of way, fresh food from California and Mexico is not only expensive due to the transportation costs; all too often, it is no longer fresh. After experiencing first-hand how the high cost of fresh, healthy food […] Read more
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