The T7X all-electric CTL from Doosan Bobcat won two technology awards at the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show.

Bobcat wins awards with electric compact track loader

Doosan Bobcat, like a growing number of equipment manufacturers, has decided it needs to have a presence at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And this year it won 2022 CES Innovation Awards in the categories of Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation and Smart Cities with its T7X, all-electric compact track loader.  “This machine […] Read more



Vincent Pawluski didn’t set out to go into the remote control manufacturing business, but he was encouraged to share the equipment he’d developed for his own farm with other producers. Coming up with a design, developing a prototype and then taking that to 3-D print manufacturing was all something he learned along the way.

Remote-controlled device saves steps, improves safety

No need to make multiple trips in and out of the tractor cab with wireless PTO controller

Vincent Pawluski is one of those farmers who sees a situation in day-to-day farm work and figures there must be a better way to get the job done. A little more than a year after a light-bulb moment in the cab of his combine on his Peace River region farm, Pawluski and family are now […] Read more

The iMetos 3.3 is the premier weather station from Metos Canada designed for sophisticated field monitoring and forecasting.

How IoT technology can help you make better farm decisions

A connected network of sensors, soil probes and in-field weather stations can deliver detailed data that’s accurate and up to the minute

There’s lots of talk these days around the “connected farm” and the growing slate of tools to help producers boost productivity, increase efficiencies and reduce risks on their farms. An important aspect of this technology is IoT or internet of things. IoT allows interconnected devices to measure many kinds of agronomic variables and relay this […] Read more


‘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.

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

Let’s throw some ideas around to see what sticks

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)

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

Weston Foundation's new challenge backed with $33 million

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.

Software provides a new view of all fields

Bayer technology makes digital farming easy to use and useful

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.

NH upgrades its digital MyPLM Connect platform

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


More on QR codes

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.

Load your grain trailer without the guesswork

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

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