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Staff at Mojow Autonomous Solutions, a startup technology company, pose with a demonstration tractor equipped with an autonomy package. Mojow has received funding from CAAIN, which will help accelerate R&D on its Eyebox platform.
Equipment, Machinery

Autonomous system backed for development

Public-sector investment in Mojow's Eyebox system 'a big deal'

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Glacier FarmMedia — Canadians certainly haven’t been lagging behind when it comes to developing autonomous technology for agriculture. Winnipeg-based JCA Technologies, which was acquired by Agco in May 2022, is just one example of a cutting-edge technology company born out of our country. In 2019 the Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) was created […] Read more
The New Agri Concept tractor is designed to work with standard three-point hitch implements.
Equipment, Machinery

Kubota debuts a concept robotic tractor

Autonomous tractor turns heads at the Consumer Electronics Show

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In recent years, automotive and agricultural equipment brands have been increasingly looking to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to debut new digital and robotic technologies, as those features proliferate on new machines. This year Kubota chose that event to unveil its New Agri Concept fully autonomous tractor. Autonomous machines and data […] Read more
Drought has meant more demand for forage insurance, but accuracy of measurement based on local conditions is challenging.
Cattleman’s Corner, Forages, Weather

Satellite-based insurance may be future of forage risk management

Analysis from above could be an accurate, timely way to measure forage growth

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Glacier FarmMedia ­— Satellite-based insurance technology could be a way to protect beef producers during times of drought. There’s more interest in forage insurance during recent droughty times on the Prairies, but evaluating local forage risk is challenging. “Weather events are becoming more acute in severity and frequency, you know the drought of 2023, 2021,” […] Read more
Just two per cent of the total companies in the S&P 500 index now represent 32 per cent of the entire index by market value.
Columns, Global markets, Home Quarter Investing, Markets

Economic and market outlook for 2024

If the U.S. avoids recession, Canada's will probably be shallow

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It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.” One of my favorite prediction quotes comes by way of the legendary baseball player, manager and philosopher, Yogi Berra. This quote, like many of his famous quips, incorporates a meaningful paradox. Following up on my previous column, the TSX ended 2023 with a total return — […] Read more
Mailed cheques are now being intercepted by fraudsters and duplicated but made out to new payees.
Equipment, Features

Fraudsters bringing bigger phish to farms

An ATB rep suggests the time has come for you to stop writing physical cheques

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Glacier FarmMedia — The time has come for you to step up your cybersecurity against rising levels of financial fraud that have cost some producers tens of thousands of dollars. “It’s unbelievable the amount of cases that have come through our organization in the last year and a half,” says Jonathan Neutens, head of agriculture […] Read more
photos: CNH
Equipment, Forages, Machinery

Compostable bale wrap heads toward wide release

Nature's Net Wrap an environment-friendly alternative to long-lived plastic

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Virtually every cattle farmer and rancher has tripped over an old piece of plastic baler twine or net wrap stuck in the ground in a corral or bale yard. The stuff just never seems to go away. But an entrepreneurial Alberta ranching family has come up with a solution to eliminate that problem with a […] Read more
a robot working in a greenhouse
Columns, Editor's column, Equipment

Editor’s Rant: All hail Skynet

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Well, folks, my longtime colleague Lee Hart has done something even more impressive than usual over on page 14. Over the years I’ve read articles and columns in this paper that have left me concerned for farmers, concerned for their crops and livestock, concerned for my RRSPs and concerned for the economy, but his article […] Read more
Units such as these developed by a British firm, Small Robot Co., have already been put to work in per-plant weed control, in which an AI "advice engine" identifies which plants the robot can kill.
Equipment, Features, Machinery

Farmers need to be open to AI technology

Already a major force, artificial intelligence soon will be smarter than humans

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If Canadian farmers are waiting for the wave of artificial intelligence (AI) to hit the agriculture industry, they’re a bit late, according to a technology expert and consultant. It’s already here. And although he’s not a farmer himself, Walter Schwabe told producers attending the recent CrossRoads Conference in Calgary that if farmers don’t try to […] Read more

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