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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.

A paraglider powers the Stratus AirSprayer. Photo: Supplied

Machinery, News

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.

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

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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.

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.

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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.

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

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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.

Both wheat stem sawfly and midge are becoming a growing threat throughout the Prairies. Photo: File

Crops, News

From AIM: Sawfly and midge-resistant wheat named AAC Oakman VB

By Jeff Melchior July 16, 2024

The variety, which is in its first year of seed grower increase and marked for a 2026 release, is a surprise even to its future seed supplier. This is because naturally-bred insect tolerance is rare, said Todd Hyra, western business manager for SeCan at Ag in Motion 2024.

Dr. Curtis Pozniak, head of the Crop Development Centre, announces the EY report’s findings on July 16 at the University of Saskatchewan’s site at Ag in Motion.

Crops, News

WATCH: New report drops numbers on plant breeding ROI

By Dave Bedard July 16, 2024

The report noted an internal rate of return of 14.9 per cent for the centre’s key stakeholders, producing a benefit-cost ratio of 10.8.

The “Off the Beaten Path” tour highlighted the multi-year research underway by several companies

News

Off the ‘slightly muddier’ beaten path at Discovery Farm

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 16, 2024

The "Off the Beaten Path" demonstration tour presented by BMO at the Ag in Motion farm show July 16-18, highlighted the multi-year research underway by several companies at the 610-acre site, with the improved moisture levels in 2024 helping provide new data for the ongoing projects.

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Canadian Barley Research Coalition pledges $1.8 million to USask Crop Development Centre

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Paraglider powers a new kind of sprayer

Paraglider powers a new kind of sprayer

First Nations should demand at-market lease rates: Lerat

Herbicide approved for industrial use by drone

Sask. government researching water quality with ag tech

Farm growth pushes farmers to bring grain handling and conditioning home

Indigenous producers discuss farming challenges in AIM Panel

From AIM: Sawfly and midge-resistant wheat named AAC Oakman VB

WATCH: New report drops numbers on plant breeding ROI

Off the ‘slightly muddier’ beaten path at Discovery Farm

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