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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
bluewhite tractor modified for autonomy
Equipment, Features, Machinery

Will very-high-horsepower tractors go extinct?

Autonomy might revert farms back to lower-horsepower models

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As manufacturers have once again begun to amp up the muscle in their flagship tractor models, we continue to hit new highs in size and horsepower. But is that trend likely to continue? Advancing technology might actually reverse it, and see farms return to smaller machines — at least, that’s the opinion of some of […] Read more
A Case IH Steiger 385 tractor upgraded with a new Trimble GFX system for tillage and NH3 applications.
Features, Machinery

Old equipment, new life: Cost-effective tech upgrades

An ag tech expert talks about how existing farm machinery can be upgraded to perform at the same level as new equipment

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What’s old can be like new again, says the president of a Saskatchewan company that specializes in helping producers outfit older farm machinery with the latest in precision farming technology. Matthew Yanick, who founded Rocanville, Sask.-based MY Precision Ag, spoke at the recent Manitoba Ag Days farm show in Brandon about the benefits of equipping […] Read more
power pin hitch
Machinery

Hitch maker Power Pin under new ownership

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We’ve written before in these pages about Power Pin, the southeastern Saskatchewan company that makes hitch systems for farm tractors and other heavy off-road equipment as well as on-road use. A few weeks ago the company announced it’s been acquired by S3 Group, another Saskatchewan company whose subsidiaries include blower and aeration fan maker S3 […] Read more
New Holland's T4 Electric is likely to be among the first of many battery electric or hybrid machines to appear in the ag equipment market.
Equipment, Machinery

What the biggest players plan for powered equipment

Deere and CNH commit to more tech, electric and hybrid drives

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The new powered farm machines parked on dealership lots in the coming decade are going to look a little different than they do now — at least under the hoods. That’s according to information released recently by two of the major manufacturers, John Deere and CNH Industrial, parent company to Case IH and New Holland. […] Read more

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