UFA Co-operative Ltd. will donate $100,000 to four rural communities in Alberta and Saskatchewan through the UFA Agricultural Community Foundation’s Rural Communities Grant Program. The recipients are: • The Kneehill Historical Society in Three Hills, Alta., will receive $15,000 toward a UFA theatre and seminar room. • The Rimbey Agricultural Society in Rimbey, Alta., will […] Read more
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Dairy projects receive federal funding Dairy Farmers of Canada has been promised federal funding of more than $8.5 million for two projects to improve existing producer support tools, such as the national dairy cattle traceability program, DairyTrace and the related proAction quality assurance program. The organization will receive up to $5 million over five years […] Read more
Paraglider powers a new kind of sprayer
Autonomous aerial sprayer was designed to maximize the flight time required for the large farms in Western Canada
Glacier FarmMedia – Scouting for new technology to make farming more productive and profitable is a key part of Janay Meisser’s job as director of innovation for United Farmers of Alberta,. The Stratus AirSprayer, a drone tool unveiled by Saskatchewan-based Precision AI in July, is unlike anything she’s seen so far. “I think they’ve got […] Read more
