A new event in conjunction with AgSmart at Olds College aims to bring mainstream technology startup support to the agriculture sector.
New ag tech pitch event to precede AgSmart
Discovery Lab brings its tech startup process to agriculture
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?
Europe’s manure mathematics frustrate farmers
Strict rules in the Netherlands limit nitrogen application, depending on the form it takes when applied
In the Netherlands, farmers are trucking their cattle manure long distances in order to keep within the lines of the country's nitrogen restrictions, but farmers still have to fertilize, and are getting frustrated with the requirement.
Can Canadian agriculture attract gene-editing expertise?
Companies want to see more ability to collect royalties than is available in some crops in Canada
Seeds Canada president Ellen Sparry talks about the future of gene-editing crops in Canadian agriculture.
Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack
Dealers forced to turn to pen and paper after attack knocked out inventory software
Brian Osterndorff, chair of the board of the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association, and president and CEO of Robert’s Farm Equipment, a seven-store group in Ontario, said on June 26 that they had just been informed that they could use the system again.
Virtual fence performs in the field
An Ontario farm manages two groups of cattle with the new system
Virtual fence technology provides alternatives to building or rebuilding costly fence infrastructure for cattle producers, and one Ontario couple is putting it to the test on their pasture.
Cyber attack frustrates farm equipment dealers
Dealers forced to use manual processes after software provider hacked
CDK provides business management software to dealers of all makes of farm equipment, so major dealers of John Deere, CNH and are working without digital systems across the country. CDK is also the leading provider of management software to automobile dealers and thousands of those dealerships are offline.
Funding to help make cattle data gathering easier
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 will allow them to improve the data that goes into genetic evaluations and expand into new areas including carcass quality and traits that help limit the environmental impact of beef.
Maritime beef producers get price protection
Two-year pilot gives Maritime producers an equivalent program to the rest of the country
Producers in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, and soon Nova Scotia, will have access to a program that will allow them to purchase insurance on price protection for their beef cattle in case of an unforeseen market disruption.