Xarvio’s scouting app identifies weeds in the field using photo recognition software and artificial intelligence.

New crop scouting tool for your pocket

A new app from Bayer’s digital farming company, Xarvio, puts the smart in smartphone

Wondering which disease is damaging your crop or which weed is growing in your field? There’s an app for that. “Xarvio is a digital farming company with the ambition to deliver a healthy field,” said Warren Bills, business development manager. Xarvio was launched and owned by Bayer. BASF recently acquired the company as one of […] Read more



It didn’t take much disturbance to raise the dust during a tillage demonstration at the 2018 Ag In Motion farm show.

Well here is a game changing concept

Profitable crop production with little or no added inputs. Is someone talking nonsense?

Talk about an interesting contrast in messages! In one week during my summer travels I attended a first-in-Canada Soil Health School in Manning (Alberta Peace River region) and a few days later I was eating dust at a tillage demonstration at the Ag In Motion farm show at Langham, Sask. My old brain had to […] Read more



VIDEO: Separating the good grains from the bad

VIDEO: Separating the good grains from the bad

Ag in Motion 2018: GCS Grain Cleaner removes fusarium-infected grains from your crop

Using a high speed fan that separates premium from lesser quality grains, the GCS Grain Cleaner on display at Ag in Motion 2018 is designed to remove diseased grains – such as fusarium – making it easier for producers to market their crop. The GCS line offers six models ranging in capacity from 200 bushels […] Read more

VIDEO: Machines to make the earth move

VIDEO: Machines to make the earth move

Ag in Motion 2018: Land-levellers whip up arable land

Did you miss a visit to Ag in Motion this year? Then you didn’t see the field demos of the land-levelling equipment in action during the event. In this video, Spencer Myers of AgDealer.com gives you a quick look at how these machines take non-productive land and make a soft soil bed you can plant […] Read more


VIDEO: What might we expect in grain markets?

VIDEO: What might we expect in grain markets?

Lisa Guenther, Grainews field editor, spoke with Mike Jubinville of Glacier FarmMedia at last month’s Ag in Motion about some of the negative factors impacting grain markets – such as weather and trade disputes – and what producers can hope to expect in the months ahead as they head into harvest.

Kathlyn Hossack at Ag in Motion.

VIDEO: ‘Fit to Farm’ comes to Ag in Motion

Certified athletic therapist, kinesiologist and Grainews columnist, Kathlyn Hossack, came to Ag in Motion this year offering free assessments and to talk with farmers about how they can avoid farm-related injuries. At the show, which ran July 17-19, Hossack also spoke about the “culture of toughness” in the farm community and how injuries not only […] Read more


Brett Kissel performed July 17 at Ag in Motion as part of the Field of STARS fundraising event. (FarmBoy Productions photo by Bruce Sargent)

Ag in Motion sets single-day record

Glacier FarmMedia’s outdoor farm show Ag in Motion has wrapped its 2018 edition and booked a single-day record for attendance. The show, held July 17-19 near Langham, Sask., northwest of Saskatoon, reported three-day attendance of 30,355, including record attendance of 11,425 on the Wednesday. That single-day gate included more attendees than the three-day total for […] Read more