WHITEHORSE — Data will drive productivity growth on Canadian farms, farm organizations told agriculture ministers last month. They called for a national data strategy during a roundtable at the Canadian Federation of Agriculture summer meeting and ahead of the federal-provincial-territorial annual ministerial meeting. “The agriculture sector is in the midst of a transition characterized less […] Read more
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WHITEHORSE — Data will drive productivity growth on Canadian farms, farm organizations told agriculture ministers last month. They called for…
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VIDEO: System uses grain quality to create field zones
CropScan can analyze moisture, protein, fibre, starch and oil for multiple crops on the fly while the combine is operating
LANGHAM, Sask. — Dean Scrivens thinks CropScan Ag’s on-combine grain analyzer is an innovative tool. Recently, this was confirmed at the Ag in Motion farm show. CropScan was rewarded for its work with an Ag in Motion Innovation Award in the agronomics category for its CropScan 4000 VT. “Winning that award was great. We’ve never […] Read more
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Agco unveils Outrun autonomy kit
In a windy field near Salina, Kansas, Agco unveiled its prototype retrofit autonomy kit for tractors in late June. The system, called Outrun, is in keeping with Agco’s strategy of making its retrofit technologies compatible with multiple brands. The kit has been engineered to work on a John Deere 8R tractor as well as select […] Read more
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Proposed class action suite alleges investors received misleading information prior to the company's 2021 IPO
Digital agronomy firm Farmers Edge disputes the merits of claims made by former investors who are seeking a class action suit against the company. “We believe the claim referenced in your email does not have merit and we are defending against it,” said Laura Workman, general counsel and corporate secretary with Farmers Edge in an […] Read more
Flax pellet plans move back to Saskatchewan
Regina based Prairie Clean Energy is bringing its flax pellet facility home. After one year of using Hemp Sense’s pellet mill facility in Gilbert Plains, Man., PCE is preparing for a more local launch. It announced a crowdfunding campaign with a goal of $1.5 million on June 11 to buy the equipment needed to process […] Read more
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WINNIPEG — Last fall on her farm near Holland, Man., Anastasia Kubinec was struggling with a decision about a canola field. In one part of the of the field, it seemed like the crop was ready to combine. But other areas were possibly too wet and too green. One option was going in with the […] Read more
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Major implement companies face high-tech future as they wrestle with automation, autonomy and precision agriculture
Images of autonomous machines working on their own in fields can easily grab the attention of early-adopter producers, especially those facing a labour crunch. They also make impressive headlines and brand announcements. However, even though several concept, prototype and even a few production machines have appeared on the scene, nearly all producers will again still […] Read more
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Satellite data and machine learning are yielding powerful tools for crop management in Western Canada
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