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‘I think about technology a lot. My professional life as a consultant has only amplified this infatuation and it has justified many expenditures.’ – Toban Dyck.
Columns

Toban Dyck: What holds us back from adopting ag tech?

Let’s throw some ideas around to see what sticks

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My wife and I are living at my parents’ house right now (and we may still be here by the time you read this). Our farmhouse is undergoing a renovation that requires the water to be shut off for up to two weeks, so we opted to leave. My parents are in Arizona, so the […] Read more
File photo of Canadian farm-grown blueberries. (LittleCityLifestylePhotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Fruit/Vegetables, Machinery, Weather

Prizes put up to develop year-round berry production in Canada

Weston Foundation's new challenge backed with $33 million

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A philanthropic foundation focused on improving public health now wants to improve diets by finding ways to juice up Canada’s home-grown fruit supplies. The Weston Family Foundation on Tuesday pledged $33 million over six years for what it calls the Homegrown Innovation Challenge, a prize challenge pitting ideas against ideas with the goal of extending […] Read more
Blair Ford says he was impressed with how easy the Climate FieldView software is to use. Once he upgrades the air seeding system to a unit with variable-rate capability, he will be looking forward to creating variable-rate prescriptions for fertilizer application and seeding rates.
Equipment, News

Software provides a new view of all fields

Bayer technology makes digital farming easy to use and useful

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Blair Ford and Colette Thurston have been seeing their east-central Alberta farm from a whole new perspective over the past year and a half. Using an online program, they’ve got all 2,300 acres mapped, and throughout the growing season regularly receive satellite imagery showing variations in crop colour (a vegetative index) that can alert them […] Read more
NH released an update for MyPLM Connect early last year.
Equipment, Machinery

NH upgrades its digital MyPLM Connect platform

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Last year, New Holland announced what it called its “first” major update to the Connect Farm desktop platform and mobile app. The latest update includes support for prescriptions, large square balers, new layer visualizations and machine utilization maps. “MyPLM Connect gives users instant access to their operation, helping them manage the farm from any location […] Read more
Equipment, Features

More on QR codes

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Most Canadian farmers are certainly familiar with QR codes these days — the QR stands for quick response. First, they’ve been around for nearly 30 years — it’s a square with a maze of black symbols and markings inside its border, often found on the labels of various products.  The QR code is described as […] Read more
The camera arm was invented by Saskatchewan farmer Roland Wohlgemuth as a way to allow drivers to safely monitor how a grain trailer is being loaded without leaving the truck cab.
Equipment, Features

Load your grain trailer without the guesswork

New Prairie-grown camera arm device makes monitoring the hopper easier and safer

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Roland Wohlgemuth is an enterprising farmer who grows wheat, canola and peas on his 3,000-acre spread near Benito, Man. He’s been at it for 20 years, and like most producers, Wohlgemuth is well versed in finding solutions to problems that inevitably arise from time to time on the farm. One of them is quite ingenious […] Read more
All teams competing in the Indy Autonomous Challenge will use the same Dallara race car. Only the software and digital technology created by teams will differ. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is hosting an all-autonomous 20-lap race at the famous “Brickyard” in October.
Equipment, Machinery

What’s happening outside ag?

The state of autonomous development in other sectors

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We’ve all heard a lot about the development of autonomous farm equipment, but what, exactly, is going on in other sectors? The answer is, quite a lot. A number of presenters at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in January revealed what their companies are doing as they advance the technology. Here’s a sampling of what […] Read more
The original wood framed EM38 complete with store string. Readers of Henry’s Handbook can check out page 81 to get the story behind the store string.
Columns, Crops

Les Henry: The EM38 Field Scout

The EM38 always gives the right answer — what that answer means in terms of soil interpretation is up to the user and experience

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This piece is intended primarily for PAgs and CCAs and the farmers they serve. Field scouting of crops and soils has become an important part of the services provided. Grainews carries a regular column highlighting examples of crop-problem scouting by agronomists with Richardson Pioneer. I read the column each issue and often learn something new […] Read more
FieldBots can be positioned where needed on a farm to provide sensor data and control a variety of different machines or systems.
Equipment, Machinery

Could FieldMicro run your farm?

Australian tech company offers whole-farm digital operating solution

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As producers come to fully recognize the opportunities offered by today’s wide-ranging offerings in digital technology for agriculture, an Australian company, FieldMicro, is adding to those possibilities. Last June, the company announced the introduction of its FieldBot remote-sensing and control devices and the SmartFarm online command-and-control, cloud-based system they pair with. Together, they offer a […] Read more

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