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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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Markets, Reuters

Indigo Ag to roll out first tranche of farm soil carbon credits

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – U.S. farm technology firm Indigo Agriculture on Wednesday said its carbon farming program has produced 20,000 tonnes in soil carbon credits that it will sell as emissions offsets to buyers including JPMorgan Chase JPM.N, Barclays BARC.L and The North Face. They are the first agricultural soil carbon credits to be verified […] Read more
In late 2020, a cyber gang announced its intentions to disrupt the agriculture and food sector in the coming year.
Guide Business, News

Cyber-attacks on the rise in the ag sector

Ransomware attacks could target critical supply chains during planting and harvest seasons

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Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – Digital tech has been a double-edged sword for agriculture; it grows the sector but also exposes it to cyber security risks. “The agricultural sector has increasingly become a target of cyber-attacks in ways that can cause serious disruption to the livelihoods of rural communities and to critical infrastructures, including supply chains,” said […] Read more
John Deere is setting its sights on increased development of precision farming technologies, which it believes will give farmers the ability to manage crops right down to the individual plant level.
Guide Business, Machinery

John Deere goes full throttle

Being the biggest in the world isn’t big enough for John Deere

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Reading Time: 6 minutes The strategy is clear. The company isn’t hiding it. Even in its most recent sustainability report, John Deere says it is going all out to make the world’s farmers happy to invest even more money in green precision ag equipment and new technologies.  But just how much more? Currently, the brand claims the world’s farmers […] Read more
Many farmers have moved to web-based platforms that do more than record debits and credits.
Guide Business, Management

A path to better bookkeeping

Are you using the right accounting software for your operation? And, is the right person doing the job?

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Reading Time: 7 minutes A few decades ago, most Country Guide readers put the final lid on their shoebox record-keeping systems and made the move to computerized farm books. Maybe it started with a progression from Mom’s hard-copy ledger to a series of Excel spreadsheets. Or was it a transition from spreadsheet hell to a desktop software that the […] Read more
One of TELUS’s aims is to enable farmers to do things with a single click instead of making a lot of phone calls.
Guide Business, News

TELUS targets the farm

Maybe it used to be just a telephone company, but the TELUS of today is assembling a powerful list of technology services that it says will shape tomorrow’s agriculture. In fact, you may already have bought in without knowing it

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Farmers have seen the consolidation of equipment dealerships, input suppliers, grain companies, and feedlots. Consolidation of farms themselves has and is occurring. So should we be surprised that consolidation of ag data companies is now happening? TELUS has entered the agricultural industry in a big way. Yes, TELUS, the outfit that many farmers view as […] Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to media at the GLOBE Forum 2022 in Vancouver on March 29, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Jennifer Gauthier)
General, Machinery, Reuters, Weather

Canada lays out $9.1 billion roadmap to meet 2030 climate targets

About $1 billion earmarked for new or expanded ag programs

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters — Canada released its first real roadmap to meeting 2030 climate targets on Tuesday, laying out detailed plans and $9.1 billion in new spending to cut planet-warming carbon emissions after years failing to meet its goals. The Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP) is the first time Canada has had a comprehensive plan, rather than just […] Read more
An aerial view of modern farming, solar power generating field in Southern Ontario.
Features, Guide Business

Is farming on the cusp of being redefined?

The future could be much better than today. But will we decide that we want it?

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Farming has been described as the backbone of civilization. Without the domestication of crops and livestock, society as we know it would have been impossible. So, since it’s so important, everyone knows what farming is, right? If you ask a random group of people what farming is, and what role farmers play in society, you […] Read more
File photo of Canadian farm-grown blueberries. (LittleCityLifestylePhotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Machinery, Weather

Prizes put up to develop year-round berry production in Canada

Weston Foundation's new challenge backed with $33 million

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Reading Time: 3 minutes A philanthropic foundation focused on improving public health now wants to improve diets by finding ways to juice up Canada’s home-grown fruit supplies. The Weston Family Foundation on Tuesday pledged $33 million over six years for what it calls the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a prize challenge pitting ideas against ideas with the goal of extending […] Read more
Field tests on the Naio Oz unit were conducted in 2021 by Chuck Baresich and his team at Haggerty Creek.
Equipment, Machinery

The robots are here, and ready to weed your field

Robotics has started revolutionizing even the toughest jobs like weed control. Horticulture crops are first, but row crop robots are coming too

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Reading Time: 6 minutes In the 20-plus years of precision agriculture, most field jobs have evolved so they can incorporate some level of data retrieval, prescription mapping, overhead imagery, or specific in-field applications like auto-steer and downforce components. But not all field jobs. Precision ag had seemed like it would also lead to site-specific weeding, but this never gained […] Read more

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