Ag Tech Breakfast panelists at Ag in Motion 2024 near Langham. | Sean Pratt photo

Entrepreneurs tout products at Ag in Motion event

Glacier FarmMedia – Entrepreneurs pitched their products at Ag in Motion‘s AgTech Breakfast. Trevor Scherman, co-founder of Combine Settings, was first up to talk about his website, designed to help farmers reduce harvest losses. “Losses at harvest are astronomical,” he said during the event hosted by Startup TNT. Canola farmers lose an average of 1.3 […] Read more

A LENS unit at work in the field.  |  Picketa Systems photo

In-field tissue test now available for use in corn crops

The Leaf-Evaluated-Nutrient System from Picketa Systems provides immediate analysis for 13 nutrients

Glacier FarmMedia – A nutrient testing system first used in potatoes is now moving into corn. The Leaf-Evaluated-Nutrient System (LENS) unit from Picketa Systems, based in Fredericton, N.B., is promising growers and crop advisers a new, efficient and cost-effective testing method for nutrients. The technology has been used in potato crops for the past three growing […] Read more