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Vet product licensing process needs improvement
Cattleman’s Corner, Columns

Vet product licensing process needs improvement

Canada can miss out on products that take too long or cost too much to register

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Having been both a licensed veterinary practitioner and worked in the pharmaceutical industry for several years, I have seen a few things about how the product-licensing process affects the production animal industry in Canada. While every situation is unique, the process can indirectly affect cost of production in some cases, while in others access is […] Read more
A DOT (now OmniPower) autonomous unit at work on the Olds College Smart Farm. (Olds College video screengrab via YouTube)
General, Machinery

Smart farm competition encourages farmers to adopt technology

Competition will serve as opportunity to create and develop smart farm networks

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The Canadian Agri-Food Automation and Intelligence Network (CAAIN) is seeking applications for a competition geared toward creating or developing new smart farm networks. Funding under this initiative will support collaborative on-farm tech innovations in hopes encouraging farmers to adopt emergent agriculture technology. CAAIN receives funding from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada to address challenges […] Read more
VIDEO: John Deere tractors take autonomy to the field
Machinery

VIDEO: John Deere tractors take autonomy to the field

Future of autonomy is now, says Deere

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John Deere showcased an 8RX tractor with its autonomy kit at Agritechnica in Hannover, Germany in November. Glacier FarmMedia Senior Technology Editor John Greig talked to Christopher Bone, product manager for larger tractors and autonomy with John Deere about the state of adoption and development of John Deere tractors and autonomy.
FuelPositive's highly efficient proprietary ammonia separator is one component of its green ammonia production system.
Features

On-farm green ammonia production

Manitoba farmers set to try new ag-tech innovation from FuelPositive

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Manitoba farmers Curtis and Tracy Hiebert, like many Prairie producers, rely on anhydrous ammonia for much of their fertilizer needs. Squeezed by ongoing price hikes and supply shortages in the anhydrous ammonia market, they decided to try something new — to produce it themselves, right on their own farm. That’s possible, thanks to some cutting-edge […] Read more
farm equipment
Columns, Equipment, Machinery

Expensive new equipment or older/cheaper: Which makes more sense?

Higher cost of newer equipment can pay off, but only if there's a benefit

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In late 1978 I bought a new Ford 4×4 pickup truck. The sticker price was under $10,000 and my job at the time was paying me around $25,000 a year. That meant the truck, at about a third of my annual income, was pretty affordable. Using the Bank of Canada’s inflation calculator, that truck would […] Read more
The InputsPro mobile app enables users to filter data by crop and pest type, so they make informed crop protection decisions more quickly and efficiently.
Features

Manitoba entrepreneur creates InputsPro for Prairie farmers

The new mobile app provides easier access to crop protection data

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In 2021, Kristen Timmerman was studying agriculture in university when she set out to develop an ag-tech tool she says she believes was long overdue. The tool is InputsPro (inputspro.ca), a mobile app and website that provides farmers, agronomists, ag retailers and crop specialists with essential data culled from the government-issued crop protection guides for […] Read more
McCain foods has launched Presia Ag Insights, a firm that will use artificial intelligence to advise growers. Photo: McCain Foods
Markets, Potatoes

McCain launches new predictive ag firm

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McCain Foods has formed a new digital agriculture subsidiary, Presia Ag Insights. The move builds on McCain’s 2022 acquisition of a “predictive crop portfolio” from Resson, a Fredricton, New Brunswick firm that uses artificial intelligence to advise farmers on crop management decisions. McCain, in a media release, said the Presia launch is “the result of […] Read more
Darren Wolchyn (at right), founder and CEO of Smart Paddock, receives the Innovation Award from Kevin Chung, director of innovation investments and programs at Innovation Saskatchewan, at the Canadian Animal Ag Tech Awards. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Livestock, Machinery

At Agribition: Livestock tech companies earn new spotlight

Canadian Animal Ag Tech Awards presented

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Three companies were crowned winners at the first annual Canadian Animal Ag Tech Awards on Thursday during Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. The event spotlighted companies creating technology for the livestock industry, with products ranging from water sensors to artificial intelligence-powered monitoring systems. Australia’s Smart Paddock received the Innovation Award. The company’s GPS ear tags […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

Ottawa lines up with farmers on right-to-repair

Feds to call for owners to be able to repair their own equipment

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The federal government says it’s siding with Canadian farmers on the right-to-repair debate. An announcement this week from the federal government called for an adjustment to the Competition Act that would prevent manufacturers from refusing to provide the means of device and product repair in an “anti-competitive manner.” That declaration came in the government’s 2023 […] Read more
Photo: John Greig
Machinery

Agritechnica wrap-up: New combines, tractors and industry trends

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Agritechnica is the world’s largest agriculture machinery show, drawing more than 400,000 people from around the world to Hannover, Germany. Glacier FarmMedia Senior Technology Editor John Greig was there and summarized the major product launches and some of the ag-tech industry trends he observed. – John Greig is a senior editor with Glacier FarmMedia. Watch for much […] Read more

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