Fewer than three years after going public, Manitoba-based tech firm Farmers Edge is considering a privatization proposal.
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Farmers Edge considering privatization
The tech firm is evaluating a pennies on the dollar share buyback from its majority holder
At Agribition: Livestock tech companies earn new spotlight
Canadian Animal Ag Tech Awards presented
Three companies were crowned winners at the first annual Canadian Animal Ag Tech Awards on Thursday during Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. The event spotlighted companies creating technology for the livestock industry, with products ranging from water sensors to artificial intelligence-powered monitoring systems. Australia’s Smart Paddock received the Innovation Award. The company’s GPS ear tags […] Read more
VIDEO: Shining a light on advancements in digital agriculture
Leaders and experts in the agri-food and technology sphere gathered in Winnipeg, Man., on Oct. 26 for a day of discussion and information-sharing at EMILI’s ‘Agriculture Enlightened’. Here, Jacqueline Keena, managing director of EMILI, talks about some current projects at Innovation Farms in Manitoba and how EMILI applies new technologies and information-sharing to the farm […] Read more
Study shows effectiveness of green-on-brown sprayer technology
Olds College examines agronomic and economic benefits
Green-on-brown herbicide sprayer technology shows promise but some growers remain reluctant to embrace it. A study recently conducted by Olds College of Agriculture and Technology and its Centre for Innovation was aimed at making that decision a little easier for farmers. It explored the practicality and functionality of green-on-brown sprayer technology as well as the […] Read more
Deere spray tech targets just the weeds
John Deere offers advanced, in-crop, spot-spray technology
Having walked the aisles of the world’s largest ag machinery show, Agritechnica, in Hanover, Germany, one of the things that struck me was the sheer number of different sprayers, many from a host of brands unfamiliar to us here in North America. European farmers have an enormous choice of machines compared with what we’ve been […] Read more
Editor’s column: Here’s to Prairie ag innovators
Innovations in digital agriculture technology continue at a blistering pace in lots of places around the globe. Some of you may wonder, how does Western Canada stack up? As you read through the pages of our July 11 issue of Grainews, the answer should be clear. Numerous stories in this issue attest that ag innovation […] Read more
Discovery Farm Woodstock joins Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network
The research site joins its Saskatchewan counterpart on the initiative’s roster
Glacier FarmMedia’s eastern Discovery Farm has joined the locations that share data and research through Old’s College’s Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network. The 330-acre Ontario site is the host of various demonstration research projects and Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. It was established as the permanent home for the show in 2020. “The objective is to provide […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: New tester monitors bull fertility
Glacier FarmMedia – Slow-swimming bull sperm will have no place to hide. A Scottish company, Dyneval, has created a new semen analyzer that measures a wider range of concentrations of semen than previous testing methods. This will allow veterinarians, beef and dairy producers to have more control over semen quality. The Dynescanl analyzer is also […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: Find a purpose, then buy tech, Prairie grower says
No matter how cutting-edge, digital ag needs to be a fit on your farm
Investing in digital agriculture can be a daunting experience. A producer’s best bet, one northeastern Saskatchewan farmer says, is to do your homework and find a purpose for it on your farm. “You have got to have the root purpose of why you got that technology. Either that or you talk to others to help […] Read more
As mirrors go digital, there’s a lot more than meets the eye
Automakers slowly abandon glass mirrors for digital camera monitors
Rear-view mirrors. They’re a standard accessory on virtually every car and truck since about the time of the Model A Ford, and now they’re standard on many ag machines too. They’re about the simplest technology you’ll find on modern equipment — basically glass and plastic. But many manufacturers are now abandoning, or at least offering […] Read more
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