Glacier FarmMedia – Seed companies are working on mechanical innovations to keep up with the speed of genetic technology change. Millions of data points are created by genome-level analysis. That data is then parsed by computers that often use artificial intelligence. The limit is now the physical world and the race is on to automate […] Read more
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Research centre in southern Sask. can do it all
A land base that mimics farming reality allows the South East Research Farm to conduct trials in a variety of conditions
REDVERS, Sask.— The South East Research Farm didn’t locate itself on the most easily farmable land. There are potholes and sloughs and saline patches. The land is undulating and rolling, unlike the stereotypical image of pancake-flat Saskatchewan farmland. Related story: Major U.S. research project conducted in southern Sask. That’s given it a unique set of […] Read more
