REGINA — Slightly less than a year after the DOT autonomous agricultural platform was shown to the public at the Ag In Motion Farm show, the first DOT compatible implement built by a “platform partner” is being tested. A newly formed company called Connect, which is closely affiliated with Pattison Liquid Systems, has produced a […] Read more
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Pork industry strives for consumer simplicity
National Pork Board in the United States works with meal kit providers to supply consumers with ready-to-cook products
DES MOINES, Iowa — People don’t know how to prepare and cook pork. So now the food and pork industries are preparing it for them and showing them how to cook it. The U.S. pork industry is working with “meal kit” providers to help supply ready-to-cook, pork-based ingredient packages to consumers’ doors. “It’s a great […] Read more
Fendt grows in N.A. under Ideal conditions
REGINA — Turns out the Ideal combine is a Fendt. At least from an Agco perspective. After seven years of development Agco’s Ideal brand combine was released last fall at Agritechnica. The company developed the machine after consulting engineers, carrying out extensive producer polling and gathering input from around the world. The resulting machine will […] Read more
A look inside a radar station
Photo Essay | The newly constructed, fully automated Radisson Radar, located near Radisson, Sask., provides critical weather information as part of Environment Canada’s reporting network. | William DeKay photos
Your most important crop investment
What’s the most important investment you’ll make in your crop this year? You.
VIDEO: Alberta vegetable farm to hire adults with autism
When Karen-Ann Moore and her husband bought a quarter section of pastureland a little more than a decade ago, she soon realized she couldn’t have it all for herself. So, she began penning a business plan, one that involves something dear to her heart. She wanted to start a vegetable farm that hires adults with […] Read more
VIDEO: Alta. research takes aim at reducing feed costs
A lab test would make it easy for northern Alta. ranchers to see which animals give them more bang for their buck
Vermilion, Alta. — Ranchers in northeastern Alberta and northwestern Saskatchewan may find new ways to reduce feed costs, thanks to new research in the region. The research, partly spearheaded by Obioha Durunna of Lakeland College, aims to figure out which particular cattle in his trial herd get the best gains for the amount of feed […] Read moreLeadership Interviews – Bryce Eger, Corteva Agriscience
VIDEO: Bovine TB investigation in Alta. officially over
The tuberculosis scare in that province saw 11,500 cattle destroyed and cost governments up to $54 million
JENNER, Alta. — The investigation into Alberta cases of bovine tuberculosis has successfully concluded, but like many successes, it came at a high cost. Some 11,500 animals were destroyed in the Jenner region of southeastern Alberta, with only six found to be infected. Federal and provincial compensation provided to ranchers who lost their herds cost […] Read more
VIDEO: Top down not always the best management style
A study of successful companies found a key common characteristic: their founders, operators or managers were not running authoritarian regimes or inflexible systems
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Many farms and family food companies are dominated by a strong patriarch, whose drive and determination place him unchallenged atop a steep pyramid of authority. But that’s not how the best and most successful food companies act, says an expert on Canada’s food industry growth and export leaders. “These leaders were […] Read more
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