Pearce: New system improves on rinse-and-repeat for sprayers

When Dr. Jason Deveau talks about sprayer cleanouts, he knows it's not a happy subject. During the 2017 edition of Canada's Outdoor Farm Show at Woodstock, Ont., Deveau, the application technology specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) at Simcoe, spoke to farmers about a new continuous-rinse system. In some[...]

Pearce: UAV system adds immediacy to crop diagnostics

When Felix Weber brought the Swinglet Cam to market about three years ago, the capability for "reading" a crop's progress through different imagining cameras was considered revolutionary. Adoption of the technology has been slow, though, with early innovators spreading the message. This year, senseFly, manufacturer of the Swinglet Cam, has introduced the eBee Ag system,[...]


Pearce: Ruling over Ont. wind farm does more to confuse

Many a battle over rural resources and farm development has been waged between rural neighbours in the past 15 years -- ranging from legal challenges surrounding hog barn constructions to the development of gravel pits beneath arable land. In the latest such battle, a recent ruling by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice would appear[...]