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The Stratus AirSprayer is essentially a powered paraglider — one that can carry heavier loads and stay aloft much longer than conventional drones. Photo: Supplied

Paraglider powers a new kind of sprayer

By Mark Halsall July 17, 2024

The Stratus AirSprayer is different than the quadcopters and fixed-wing UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) typically associated with ag drones. Essentially, it’s a powered paraglider — one that can carry heavier loads and stay aloft much longer than conventional drones.

Canola, Crops

From AIM: How many flowers in a canola field?

By Robert Arnason July 17, 2024

There's no debating the beauty of a canola field in bloom, but it's possible to have a more scientific debate about canola flowers. Such as, how many yellow flowers are there, in a canola field that's one section in size?

Crops

From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?

By Don Norman July 17, 2024

Proactive thinking and strategies are needed to protect chemical modes of action until new crop protection tools can hit the market, Ag in Motion 2024 attendees hear at Bayer Crop Science panel on herbicide resistance.

Terry Lerat at Indigenous Producers Panel, AIM 2024. Photo: Ed White

News

First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat

By Ed White July 17, 2024

First Nations need to stop leasing out their land to non-Indigenous farmers for below-market prices, says farmer and band councillor Terry Lerat of Cowessess First Nation in south-central Saskatchewan. Instead, bands should be getting every penny they can for the farmland they own and using that money to get themselves back into farming.

News, Spring Wheat

Herbicide approved for industrial use by drone

By Mary MacArthur July 17, 2024

Canada’s Pest Management Review Agency approved Garlon XRT herbicide, the first industrial vegetation product with drone application on the label.

Livestock

From Ag in Motion: Livestock goes high tech

By John Greig July 17, 2024

A Saskatchewan ag tech startup company helps assure livestock farmers that their animals are receiving adequate water.

Katlin Lang is co-founder of FarmSimple Solutions, a company that provides a water trough sensor for remote watering system. He’s pictured here at last year’s Ag in Motion.
Photo: John Greig

Livestock, News

Sask. government researching water quality with ag tech

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan July 17, 2024

At the Livestock AgTech Happy Hour at Ag in Motion on July 16, 2024, Chelsey Siemens, a livestock and feed extension specialist with the province, said they are doing a research project through ADOPT (Agriculture Demonstration of Practices and Technology), looking at how FarmSimple can be used to monitor sulfate levels over the summer.

News

Farm growth pushes farmers to bring grain handling and conditioning home

By Michael Robin July 17, 2024

As farms have increased in size, their storage requirements now mean far greater quantities of a single crop, whether it be canola or wheat. This means higher capacity, flat-bottomed bins. These are often centrally located, with larger capacity handling equipment and sometimes permanently installed handling equipment.

Weather

Prairie forecast: Prolonged heatwave expected

Forecast issued July 17, covering July 17 to 24, 2024

By Daniel Bezte July 17, 2024

The second heatwave of the summer appears to be establishing itself across the Prairies. This heatwave looks to last the whole forecast period as a strong upper ridge builds over central North America. Intense heat will stretch from the southern U.S. to the Arctic ocean.

Indigenous Producers Panel (L to R: Milton Tootoosis, Warren Many Grey Horses, Darryl McElroy). Photo: Ed White

News

Indigenous producers discuss farming challenges in AIM Panel

By Janelle Rudolph July 17, 2024

Farmers on the Ag in Motion Indigenous Producers Panel say there isn't enough Indigenous agriculture today and there's too much reliance on others for lifestyle.

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Daily news

Paraglider powers a new kind of sprayer

From AIM: How many flowers in a canola field?

From AIM: How do we keep ahead of herbicide resistance?

First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat

Herbicide approved for industrial use by drone

From Ag in Motion: Livestock goes high tech

Sask. government researching water quality with ag tech

Farm growth pushes farmers to bring grain handling and conditioning home

Prairie forecast: Prolonged heatwave expected

Indigenous producers discuss farming challenges in AIM Panel

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