Rising prices have prompted dairy producers to focus more on beef, changing dairy management and the beef market
Glacier FarmMedia – The rapid rise in beef cattle prices has driven inflation and fundamental change in the dairy sector. Similar to the price for beef calves and cows, cull dairy cows, young cross-bred calves destined for the beef market and fresh milking cows have more than doubled in value. In a rapid change within […] Read moreTag Archives Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show
Lemken Solitair DT blends tillage and seeding
Unit wins Environmental Sustainability Award for its combination of seedbed prepping and seeding in one pass
Lemken’s Soilitair DT combination tillage and seeding implement is new to the North American market, and the brand has been showing the machine at different farm shows around Canada this summer to introduce farmers to it. That includes at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ont., where it won an environmental sustainability award. It impressed […] Read more
Sabanto adds more compatible models
Company will remotely monitor autonomous tractor activities as they perform a growing list of agricultural jobs
Tech start-up company Sabanto appeared on the agricultural scene not all that long ago with its autonomous conversion kit for regular ag tractors. Early in the company’s evolution, the model-specific kits were limited to just Kubota M5s and some John Deere 5000 Series models. However, that list of compatible tractors has grown significantly. “We have […] Read more
Robotic swarm makes it easier to fertilize row crops
Small robot called Beethoven by Upside Robotics travels between rows to deliver inputs though the growing season
A pint-sized robot is set to undergo wider field trials next year in Ontario corn crops. At only 24 inches wide, the robot is designed to travel between 30-inch corn rows in crops and apply in-season fertilizer. With a number of them working 24 hours a day in groups called swarms, they could cover a […] Read more
Firm says new bolus designed to ease ketosis treatments
BioFerScience has encapsulated propylene glycol into a bolus to make it easier to administer the product to cows
Glacier FarmMedia – Giving cows a propylene drench to treat ketosis can be challenging and physically demanding for humans and risky for the animals. BioFerScience, a London, Ont., company, has created an alternative that is easier and safer to apply. Ketosis occurs when a cow is in a negative energy balance and uses up body […] Read more
System delivers dairy data every 2.2 seconds
Connecting data to the cloud rather than to on-site computers helps producers increase the speed of data interpretation
DeLaval has launched its Plus Behavior Analysis tool, designed to monitor cow behaviour and herd health. The company’s North American business development manager, Sjenk Van Soelen, said the most significant enhancement is the near real-time nature of DeLaval Plus monitoring abilities. Newly developed ear tags send updates to the barn computer and onto the DeLaval […] Read more
Sheep body condition scores must be accurate
Body condition scoring livestock is a human, hands-on process and that means it’s subjective. Steps can be taken to make sure evaluations are repeatable across many animals, says Delma Kennedy, sheep specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Body condition scoring helps to evaluate the effectiveness of feeding regimens and enables […] Read more
Autonomy, innovation headline farm show
Farm show showcases the latest agriculture technology, from cattle handling and dairy tools to biostimulants and big iron
Farmers in Eastern Canada flocked to Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show and found a show more fully stocked than recent events, which were challenged by equipment company supply chain issues. The show, held Sept. 12-14 in Woodstock, Ont., featured tours of research plots and expanded in-field demonstrations that included forage mower-conditioners, hay mergers, fall tillage options, […] Read more
