Farmers using the Ucrop.it platform have control over who uses, sees and pays for their data.
Ucrop.it gives farmers control on sustainability, farm trial data
Farmers have to approve any use of their data through a digital signature
East-west issues are more similar than different
Farmers should put their regional differences aside on common issues
Opinion: Farmers should put their regional differences aside on common issues.
CFIA won’t enforce some ritual slaughter requirements after appeal from Jewish organizations
The CFIA will no longer require three determinations of unconsciousness previously mandated for ritually slaughtered animals after a recent federal court ruling. Jewish organizations and companies had appealed the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regulations in court, claiming they made kosher slaughter difficult, which resulted in a disruption in supply of kosher meat in Canada.
Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought
Prairie beef farmers were forced to find new feed sources, learn new processes and make difficult decisions in managing their feed inventories in the past few years.
Taking the human out of pressure washing
Pressure washing is an unpopular job on livestock farms that is increasingly solved with automation
From Ag in Motion: Livestock goes high tech
A Saskatchewan ag tech startup company helps assure livestock farmers that their animals are receiving adequate water.
Funding to ease Angus, Holstein data gathering
Partnership between Angus and Holstein association will look at sharing trait information and how to automate data management
New funding for the Canadian Angus Association and Holstein Canada may allow the two associations to improve data thatgoes into genetic evaluations and expand into carcass quality and traits that can limit the environmental impact of beefproduction.
New ag tech pitch event to precede AgSmart
Discovery Lab brings its tech startup process to agriculture
A new event in conjunction with AgSmart at Olds College aims to bring mainstream technology startup support to the agriculture sector.
Dutch farm manufactures liquid fertilizer to avoid manure hauling
Dutch farmer separates nitrogen from manure to fertilize crops and to avoid running afoul of the country’s nutrient regulations
Dutch farmer separates nitrogen from manure to fertilize crops and to avoid running afoul of the country’s nutrient regulations. Farmers in the country are frustrated by the hoops they have to jump through thanks to government policy.
Is it time for farmers to have their own political party?
Frustrated farmers have organized politically in the Netherlands. Should Canadian farmers follow suit?
Farmer-supportive parties are winning political power in Europe. What does that mean for Canada? Is it time for a farmer political party?
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