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Developed in cooperation with Bosch, Xarvio uses this display with potted weed plants to demonstrate  how the system recognizes a weed then activates a boom nozzle to  spot spray.

New apps and Smart Sprayer could reduce input costs

Plant identification key to scouting and sprayer boom control

By Scott Garvey February 3, 2020

At the 2019 Ag in Motion farm show near Langham, Saskatchewan, Xarvio, a start-up division of chemical giant BASF, had some digital technology to show producers. “We’re showing several things here at the show,” said Warren Bills, Xarvio’s commercialization and partnerships lead. “One is an app called Xarvio Scouting, and it uses image recognition to […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. EPA reaffirms glyphosate does not cause cancer

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 30, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it finished a regulatory review that found glyphosate, the most widely used herbicide in the United States, is not a carcinogen. The conclusion reaffirms the agency’s stance on glyphosate, the key ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup, despite judgments by U.S. juries that have found […] Read more

A grasshopper in a canola field near Starbuck, Man. in the summer of 2019. (MarketsFarm photo by Glen Hallick)

Crops, Weather

Spring weather to determine Prairies’ crop pest load

By GFM Network News January 16, 2020

MarketsFarm — How problematic insects fare across the Prairies in 2020 depends largely on the weather this spring, according to three provincial insect specialists. Be the insects grasshoppers, flea beetles, cutworms, or a few other types, their potential to cause significant damage to Prairie crops will partly depend on how dry and warm this coming […] Read more

Paul Rea is BASF’s senior vice president agricultural solutions North America. Rea says there is an opportunity to increase ag production in North America.

Crops, Features

BASF launches into a new era

Diversified portfolio and commitment to Canadian growers

By Lee Hart October 25, 2019

[UPDATE: Oct. 29, 2019] Hybrid wheat certainly isn’t the only new product BASF has in the development pipeline, but it is an indicator of the game-changing technology the long time “pulse crop” company plans to deliver to western Canadian farmers in a vastly expanded cropping systems role over the coming years. While field trials of […] Read more

Crops, Equipment, News

VIDEO: Xarvio aims to shoot weeds by camera, then a targeted herbicide application

Technology wins innovation award in Plant and Soil Science category at Ag in Motion 2019

By Greg Berg July 31, 2019

Brent Nicol of Xarvio Digital Farming Solutions describes how its scouting app uses photo-recognition to identify early-stage weeds, diseases and measure leaf damage using images taken with your smartphone. Xarvio is currently working with technology-maker Bosch to develop ‘Smart Sprayer’ technology that will allow operators to spray individual weeds on-the-go with a targeted herbicide application. […] Read more

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Sprayers

New apps and Smart Sprayer could reduce input costs

U.S. EPA reaffirms glyphosate does not cause cancer

Spring weather to determine Prairies’ crop pest load

BASF launches into a new era

VIDEO: Xarvio aims to shoot weeds by camera, then a targeted herbicide application

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