Canadian distributor DJI Agriculture unveils its AGRAS T100 drone to western Canada’s producers for greater efficiencies in spraying and granular spreading in fields.
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Farm-facing drone does the heavy lifting
The AGRAS T100 drone helps streamline a variety of jobs that are required on Prairie farms
Prairie-made combine concaves make Time top inventions list
Thunderstruck Ag Equipment of Winkler earned a place on Time’s list of top 100 influential inventions for their Razors Edge combine concave
Thunderstruck Ag Equipment of Winkler, Manitoba earned a place on Time’s list of top 100 influential inventions for its Razors Edge combine concave, designed to improve efficiency at harvest.
Ag tech success potential improved with farmer connections
Ag tech company success is more likely when they connect with farmers to pilot test their potential products.
Innovators honoured ahead of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2025
Glacier FarmMedia – The Innovations Program Awards recognized the best and brightest in agricultural equipment and innovation ahead of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show 2025. The ceremony, held Monday night at the show site outside Woodstock, honoured winners across five categories: agronomics, business solutions, environmental sustainability, equipment and livestock. Find more coverage of Canada’s Outdoor Farm […] Read more
Green Lightning and Nytro Ag win sustainability innovation award
Recipient says accepting award was a humbling experience
Nytro Ag Corp and Green Lightning recieved an innovation award at Ag in Motion 2025 for the Green Lightning Nitrogen Machine, which converts atmospheric nitrogen into a plant-usable form.
VIDEO: Green Lightning and Nytro Ag win sustainability innovation award
Recipient says accepting award was a humbling experience
Nytro Ag Corp and Green Lightning recieved an innovation award at Ag in Motion 2025 for the Green Lightning Nitrogen Machine, which converts atmospheric nitrogen into a plant-usable form.
Inventor’s digger attachment improves rock-picking efficiency
A Saskatoon-area engineer’s system combines the jobs of a rock picker and a rock digger
Large, partially-buried field boulders are typically beyond the capabilities of a stand-alone rock picker. That usually means digging them out some other way, with a different machine — that is, unless it’s Dave Hundeby’s.
Low-cost electric mini truck to debut in U.S.
A Bezos-backed startup has a new take on building electric vehicles
Slate is a new electric vehicle company from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The company is building only one model — but you can choose to make it either a small pickup or an SUV.
Challenge model a new way to fund, support innovation
Five Ontario companies are among 13 semi-finalists selected in the federal government's Agricultural Methane Reduction Challenge, which is seeking innovative ways to reduce methane emissions from dairy and beef cattle.
Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with innovation
Alongside container farms in South Africa cultivating soldier flies for animal feed, solar-powered fish and crop dryers in Tanzania and machine-learning pest detectors in Kenya, Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to overcome the effects of climate change on food production.
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