Technology Archives - Page 30 of 38

Vincent Pawluski didn’t set out to go into the remote control manufacturing business, but he was encouraged to share the equipment he’d developed for his own farm with other producers. Coming up with a design, developing a prototype and then taking that to 3-D print manufacturing was all something he learned along the way.

Remote-controlled device saves steps, improves safety

No need to make multiple trips in and out of the tractor cab with wireless PTO controller

By Lee Hart February 25, 2022

Vincent Pawluski is one of those farmers who sees a situation in day-to-day farm work and figures there must be a better way to get the job done. A little more than a year after a light-bulb moment in the cab of his combine on his Peace River region farm, Pawluski and family are now […] Read more

While Covid-19 sort of forced the issue, James Alexander has found that on-line sales is an effective way to show buyers across the United Kingdom the quality of sheep and beef heifers he produces on his Northern Ireland farm.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Northern Ireland livestock producer embraces online sales

When COVID cut into on-farm sales, this producer took his bred heifers and sheep to the buyers

By Chris Mccullough February 24, 2022

Hosting annual on-farm sales of breeding beef heifers and sheep proved to be a success for Northern Ireland farmer James Alexander. But when COVID hit he then turned to online sales with an auctioneer selling the animals live as they were paraded through the ring on the farm, though with no ringside audience. Following a […] Read more

The iMetos 3.3 is the premier weather station from Metos Canada designed for sophisticated field monitoring and forecasting.

Equipment, Features

How IoT technology can help you make better farm decisions

A connected network of sensors, soil probes and in-field weather stations can deliver detailed data that’s accurate and up to the minute

By Mark Halsall February 24, 2022

There’s lots of talk these days around the “connected farm” and the growing slate of tools to help producers boost productivity, increase efficiencies and reduce risks on their farms. An important aspect of this technology is IoT or internet of things. IoT allows interconnected devices to measure many kinds of agronomic variables and relay this […] Read more

A CNH manufacturing plant at Sorocaba, west of Sao Paulo in southeastern Brazil. (Photo courtesy CNH Industrial)

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters

CNH sees revenues rising to 2024 on precision agriculture plans

Margin at agricultural unit seen at 14.5 to 15.5 per cent

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 22, 2022

Milan | Reuters — Italian-American vehicle maker CNH Industrial on Tuesday gave guidance for a total revenue growth of up to 24 per cent through 2024 as it presented a new business plan after spinning off its truck, bus and engine units. In a bid to focus on its higher-margin agriculture and construction machine businesses, […] Read more

‘I think about technology a lot. My professional life as a consultant has only amplified this infatuation and it has justified many expenditures.’ – Toban Dyck.

Columns

Toban Dyck: What holds us back from adopting ag tech?

Let’s throw some ideas around to see what sticks

By Toban Dyck February 18, 2022

My wife and I are living at my parents’ house right now (and we may still be here by the time you read this). Our farmhouse is undergoing a renovation that requires the water to be shut off for up to two weeks, so we opted to leave. My parents are in Arizona, so the […] Read more

Greenleaf Foods, a subsidiary of meat processor Maple Leaf Foods, last month began providing its plant-based Lightlife Chick’n Tenders to convenience chain 7-Eleven in Canada. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

ADM releases alternative protein outlook for 2022

By GFM Network News February 9, 2022

MarketsFarm — Major U.S. agribusiness ADM released a report Tuesday identifying the seven biggest trends in the alternative protein market, ranging from creating new protein sources from fungi to making plant-based meat substitutes more affordable and palatable to the general public. The seven trends in the report were: introduction of novel protein sources, using microbial […] 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

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News February 8, 2022

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

Production of Ford’s F-150 Lightning pickup at Dearborn, Mich. (Media.ford.com)

General, Machinery, Reuters

Ford to suspend or cut plants’ output on chip shortage

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 5, 2022

San Francisco | Reuters — Ford Motor Co. plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the U.S., Canada and Mexico throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a chip shortage would lead to […] Read more

Blair Ford says he was impressed with how easy the Climate FieldView software is to use. Once he upgrades the air seeding system to a unit with variable-rate capability, he will be looking forward to creating variable-rate prescriptions for fertilizer application and seeding rates.

Equipment, News

Software provides a new view of all fields

Bayer technology makes digital farming easy to use and useful

By Lee Hart February 1, 2022

Blair Ford and Colette Thurston have been seeing their east-central Alberta farm from a whole new perspective over the past year and a half. Using an online program, they’ve got all 2,300 acres mapped, and throughout the growing season regularly receive satellite imagery showing variations in crop colour (a vegetative index) that can alert them […] Read more

This shed over a water trough is one example of how CLICR technology can be used to capture information on beef cattle. As cattle outfitted with RFID ear tags enter the shed to get a drink, a transponder reads their identification number.

Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock

Tracking animal performance with camera clicks

New technology coming to Canada will help livestock producers manage what they can measure

By Bruce Derksen January 27, 2022

Imagine as a livestock producer, whether of beef, dairy or hogs, and being able to get a daily read on animal weights just by checking your cellphone or tablet. You could track whether animals are maintaining their body condition, the average daily gain of a pen of steers or how many pigs have reached market […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News