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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: Ont. farmers remain frustrated by wet fall

Wet weather, now accompanied by the first significant snowfall for much of southern and western Ontario, is creating a new level of angst for a large number of farmers. Some soybean fields remain standing and the prospects of those fields seeing a winter wheat crop have likely disappeared with the turning of the calendar to[...]

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[...]

Dry conditions become concern for Ont. farmers

Need rain. Those were the two words that defined the biweekly meeting of certified crop advisors (CCAs) and extension personnel from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), held here Tuesday. Dry weather has been the rule during the past eight weeks, with most of the province receiving 40 to 60 per[...]

Ont. corn planting proceeding ahead of normal

April weather has put a damper on the optimism brought on by a summer-like stretch in late March, and that damper has many farmers across southern Ontario questioning the value of early planting for corn. At the bi-weekly meeting here, crop advisors, dealers and provincial ministry extension personnel debated the merits of going early on[...]

Ont. corn planting past halfway point; soybeans next

What once appeared to be an early spring has gradually shifted to a more normal planting season across most of southern Ontario. At the bi-weekly meeting of certified crop advisors (CCAs) and provincial ag ministry personnel in Exeter, there was notable relief coming from reports of the percentages of corn and soybeans planted since the[...]

Corn prices: The unfortunate kernels of truth

Talk to growers in Ontario and Quebec where "Corn is King" and there is considerable optimism. Corn prices are riding a wave of consistency unlike any other time, and suggestions from other parts of the world indicate this wave may last a long time. On a continental basis, the U.S. ethanol industry has been both[...]

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