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File photo of federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on a tour of one of the original ‘Living Lab’ sites in Quebec that led up to the launch of the national ACS program in 2021. (Photo courtesy Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)
General, Machinery, Weather

Feds boost Living Labs’ reach to all provinces

Nine projects, including first-Indigenous led lab, share $54M

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The first crop of federally-funded “Living Labs” backed by the Agricultural Climate Solutions (ACS) program, set up to prove carbon-sequestering on-farm processes, takes the concept to the six provinces where such farm-level labs weren’t yet in place. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, speaking Thursday in Calgary, announced $54 million from the $185 million, 10-year ACS program […] Read more
A Savoye X-PTS shuttle. Scott Technology has had a joint venture agreement in place with Savoye since 2020 to use Savoye automated carton storage and retrieval systems in Scott material handling systems. Scott said it also plans to use the Savoye system in its project for JBS at Brooks. (ScottAutomation.com)
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Machinery

JBS to automate beef warehousing at Brooks

Packer to replace current fully manual system

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International meat packer JBS has enlisted a major robotics and automation company to overhaul the warehousing system at one of Canada’s biggest beef plants. JBS Foods Canada on Friday announced a $71 million project in partnership with New Zealand-based Scott Technology, to design and build a system that can handle and store up to 85,000 […] Read more
All of the participating teams and judges pose on stage after the competition. Photo: Liam O’Connor
General

The next big AgTech ideas presented at Canada’s Farm Show

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Farmers, ranchers, and folks who work in the agriculture industry all want the latest and greatest technology for their respective fields. At the 2022 Canada’s Farm Show in Regina, Saskatchewan, six teams competed in a 24-hour “Agtech” start-up competition. It emulates shows like Dragon’s Den and entailed each team selecting one member to represent them […] Read more
Photo: McCain Foods Ltd.
General, Potatoes

McCain acquires predictive crop technology

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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
A mobile biomass densification system, developed at PAMI in Portage la Prairie and shown here in a 2012 video, was used to process biomass such as straw into solid blocks, for ease of transport or for use in biomass burners. (BioScience Association Manitoba video screengrab via YouTube)
Crops, Machinery

PAMI to close Portage la Prairie location

Revenue challenges in recent years blamed for Manitoba site's closure

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The product development, testing and design firm Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI), will be closing its Portage la Prairie, Man. location at the end of July. Citing revenue challenges in recent years as the reason for downsizing, the institute informed staff and clients of the closure of its River Road facility in Portage, prior to […] Read more
About 30,000 visitors, including farmers from across Western Canada, parts of the United States and several other countries are expected for the relaunch of the live Canada’s Farm Show in Regina this June 21-23. There are about 100 acres of outdoor show space at the rebranded REAL District (exhibition grounds) along with about 1.5 million square feet of indoor show space. And don’t be in a hurry as you’ll need time to check out the products and services being presented by more than 500 exhibitors.
Features, Machinery

Canada’s Farm Show live for 2022

All of the popular features and much more will be welcoming visitors in June

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Thousands of farmers from across Western Canada and the United States and visitors from around the world are expected to head for Saskatchewan June 21-23, 2022, for the return of the live and in-person Canada’s Farm Show. Known as the Farm Progress Show held at the Regina exhibition grounds for more than 40 years, the […] Read more
John Deere intends to make more diagnostic tools available to equipment owners and private repair shops beginning in May.
Machinery

Deere improves diagnostic access

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The right-to-repair debate has reached the boiling point a few times in recent years, particularly in the United States, and various legal actions centring around it continue to wind their way through the U.S. court systems. If you haven’t heard about it, right to repair refers to a fight to have manufacturers make it possible […] Read more
Olds College president Stuart Cullum announces a new partnership with Saskatchewan Polytechnic. (Liam O’Connor photo)
Crops, Machinery

Partnership gives Prairie ag students new 800-acre opportunity

Saskatchewan farmland bequest expanded Smart Farm eastward

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Students from Saskatchewan Polytechnic and Olds College will be getting more opportunities to collaborate with each other on a large scale. The two institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) which entails both schools working together for five years on various programs, notably Olds College’s Smart Farm operation. The partnership comes as a result […] Read more
Ford took its all-electric F-150 Lightning to Alaska for cold-weather proving this winter.
Machinery, News

Can the F-150 handle extreme cold?

Ford heads to Alaska to test its electric pickup in extreme temperatures

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As more discussion in the automotive world centres on electric drivetrains, potential Canadian buyers tend to ask one question more than others: how will electric vehicles perform in the dead of a brutal Prairie winter? To help convince potential buyers its all-electric F-150 Lightning is a capable all-season vehicle, Ford sent six of them, along […] Read more
John Deere’s 8R autonomous tractor is pictured at Jensen Test Farm at Bondurant, Iowa, just northeast of Des Moines, on April 28, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Bianca Flowers)
Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Deere tapping into Apple-like tech model to drive revenue

'Hopefully the costs will be paid back in the long run'

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Bondurant, Iowa | Reuters — Deere and Co. has sold its tractors and other equipment to farmers for decades, but the world’s largest agriculture machinery manufacturer is tearing a page from the technology world’s playbook — combining cutting-edge hardware with software and subscription models to drive revenue growth. In a world with a dwindling number […] Read more

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