Stefan Graner stands with his left hand on his robotic FarmDroid seeder and weeder at his farm near Paddockwood, Saskatchewan.

Farmer uses robot seeder, weeder

A Saskatchewan organic producer has put a precision agriculture robot to work for stronger plant outcome

FarmDroid is an autonomous seeding and weeding robot whose efficiency and accuracy have proven to have strong economic benefits for producers.

Ripe wheat in a field west of Marcelin, Sask. on August 27, 2022. Photo: Michael Robin

Producers wrestle over organic standards draft

Canada’s organic farmers have until July 29 to comment on new organic standards that would open the door to products like municipally derived struvite fertilizer, but would also crack down on lapses in organic management

Canada’s organic farmers have until July 29 to comment on new organic standards that would open the door to products likemunicipally derived struvite fertilizer



A pile of dark compost sits on the ground behind a tandem axle dump truck.

Saskatchewan farm making compost pellets for added fertilizer

Compost pellets are applied with an air seeder in the same pass as the seed and conventional fertilizer

Kyle Heggie has been spreading a unique blend of compost on his crops for years, and has also used on-farm trials to test the practicality of mid-row banding compost “pellets” into the seed row next to the seed.

Feds find balance on gene editing file

Feds find balance on gene editing file

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the federal government’s recently updated guidance for the use of gene editing in plant breeding didn’t please everyone, but it certainly pleased many. The feds did an admirable job of finding balance in a thorny issue. Much of the agricultural industry has been clamouring for Ottawa to confirm […] Read more