Sector identifies key priorities where it feels it should focus its energies: performance, precision, protection and product
Canada’s canola industry has unveiled an innovation-based strategy aimed at solidifying canola’s position as Canada’s most valuable crop and one of the world’s most important oilseeds. The canola innovation strategy, released March 10 by the Canola Council of Canada, was the result of a year-long consultation process that involved stakeholder groups throughout the canola value […] Read moreTag Archives innovation
Ottawa funds innovation
The federal government is giving more than $860,000 to six businesses under the Innovative Solutions Canada program. Projects receiving funding through the Canadian Meat Processing Technology Development Challenge will focus on automation through robotics, artificial intelligence and other forms of innovation to reduce reliance on manual labour in the sector. Projects receiving funding through the […] Read more
Manitoba Ag Days holds Innovation Showcase 2022
The pandemic shut down Manitoba’s Ag Days Live for two consecutive years but it didn’t stop 33 agricultural innovators from eagerly showcasing their inventions through the 2022 Manitoba Ag Days Innovation Showcase. Nor did it stop organizers from picking seven winners. First place in each category wins $1,000 cash from Manitoba Ag Days plus a […] Read more
Money, time best help for ag innovation
Many American states and agricultural universities have ag tech accelerators. Definitions vary, but an accelerator is an organization that helps start-up companies and entrepreneurs get their technology to market. It usually features a mentorship program, where experienced business leaders assist a young entrepreneur. Some accelerators provide funding for the start-up. Related stories in this special […] Read more
Equipment manufacturer receives federal funds for innovation
The federal government is providing $4.1 million to support innovation and international trade in Saskatchewan’s agricultural equipment manufacturing sector. Morris Industries of Saskatoon will receive close to $3.5 million through the Western Innovation Initiative to increase its production capacity using an advanced manufacturing technology it has commercialized. Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership will receive $700,000 […] Read more
Innovation, research key to our future
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains says he wants to make innovation a core Canadian value because it’s “the path to growth, the path that leads to a stronger middle class and higher quality jobs.” Canada’s agricultural equipment manufacturers have known this for years. In fact, innovation is at the heart of Canadian […] Read more
Video: Low dollar prompts silage manure trailer
LANGHAM, Sask. — Canadian retailers importing equipment from the United States have been challenged by unfavorable exchange rates over the past few years. This prompted Park Lake Welding and Manufacturing, from Lethbridge, Alta., to manufacture its own silage-manure combination trailer. “We basically built this trailer because the U.S. currency ex-change was too high… and because […] Read more
New stuff: feeder, heater, air meter
Automated Production Systems recently debuted its wet-dry feeder, a modulating heater and a positive air displacement ventilation system at World Pork Expo in Des Moine, Iowa. The new technology is designed to foster hog health by improving the environment within the pig barn, said Brian Rieck, product manager at APS. HI2LO wet/dry feeder Rieck said […] Read more
Latest technology on display
Western Producer reporters will provide coverage from Canada’s Farm Progress Show in Regina in upcoming issues. Canada’s Farm Progress Show is just around the corner, and a variety of new tools and technology will reach the market for the first time. John Deere John Deere will be delivering a bigger version of its 1870 air […] Read more
PAMI develops manure recipes to make energy
Trials successful Researchers show how various solid organic materials can produce heat or electricity from biogas
Researchers in Saskatchewan are making energy out of a few tonnes of culled potatoes and manure. It’s the latest ‘recipe’ officials with the Prairie Agriculture Machinery Institute are testing inside the organization’s solid state anaerobic digester. At a pilot-scale facility at PAMI’s Termuende Research Ranch near Lanigan, Sask., Joy Agnew is documenting how various organic […] Read more
