GFM Network News

More News →

Tag Archives technology

Darren Wolchyn (at right), founder and CEO of Smart Paddock, receives the Innovation Award from Kevin Chung, director of innovation investments and programs at Innovation Saskatchewan, at the Canadian Animal Ag Tech Awards. (Lisa Guenther photo)
Livestock, Machinery

At Agribition: Livestock tech companies earn new spotlight

Canadian Animal Ag Tech Awards presented

By ,
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
News

VIDEO: Shining a light on advancements in digital agriculture

By
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
A recent study by Olds College of Agriculture and Technology and its Centre for Innovation examined the effective- ness of green-on-brown spray technology.
Equipment, Features

Study shows effectiveness of green-on-brown sprayer technology

Olds College examines agronomic and economic benefits

By
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
The See and Spray systems allow for spot spraying that can significantly reduce the amount of chemical applied to a field.
Equipment, Machinery

Deere spray tech targets just the weeds

John Deere offers advanced, in-crop, spot-spray technology

By
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
People visit crop plots at Discovery Farm Woodstock during Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Photo: Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
General

Discovery Farm Woodstock joins Pan-Canadian Smart Farm Network

The research site joins its Saskatchewan counterpart on the initiative’s roster

By ,
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
Tiffany Wood, a Scottish physicist is CEO of Dyneval, a company with new semen analyzing technology. Photo: John Greig
Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Livestock

At Ag in Motion: New tester monitors bull fertility

By ,
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
Regan Ferguson tells of her experience using data on the farm near Melfort at Ag In Motion. (Jeff Melchior photo)
Crops, Machinery

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

By ,
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
Ford is one of the major automakers offering a digital rear-view mirror on some vehicles.
Machinery

As mirrors go digital, there’s a lot more than meets the eye

Automakers slowly abandon glass mirrors for digital camera monitors

By
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
Managing automated systems from inside the cab or supervising fully autonomous machines remotely requires rethinking how to best input instructions and receive feedback.
Machinery

A new kind of communication with your tractor

U of M focuses on improving interactions with automated systems

By
One thing machinery brands have emphasized for decades when introducing new machines is the incremental improvements they’ve made in ergonomics in the cab. Controls continually get easier to manipulate and feel more natural to use, and cabs get more comfortable. Having attended more than a few machine introductions, I’ve heard brand marketing staff describe in […] Read more

AgCanadaTV

AGCanadaTV: In case you missed it; your national ag news recap for July 11, 2025

Sponsored By:
More Videos →

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast

Latest Market News

More Market News →