Kip Eideberg of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers says government investment in precision farming technology needs to be scaled up to ensure farms of all sizes across all of Canada get support needed to modernize.
Op/Ed
Now is the time for Canada to rediscover its agricultural edge on the global stage
Data-driven farming will help Canada meet rising global demands for sustainability and traceability
Should you believe boots on the ground or satellites in the sky on Canadian canola production?
Expert’s Radar: It looks like StatCan’s newer high-tech monitoring protocols won the battle this past crop year
Questions remain over just how much canola was grown in Canada a year ago, and whether the satellites and computer models now producing most estimates are as reliable as ground-level surveys, given the data’s weight on canola prices.
Canola council agronomists had big impact on sector
Editorial: A tighter focus on supply and demand development will reap benefits but will cost canola growers a valuable human resource
A tight focus on supply and market demand development at the Canola Council of Canada will benefit farmers, but shedding its agronomy arm will cost Prairie canola growers a valuable human resource.
The pride of “Buy Canadian”
Editorial: Grocery shoppers in Canada are proudly looking for Canadian food and buying local in this age of trade disputes, but is it actually making a dint for U.S. exporters?
Grocery shoppers in Canada are proudly looking for Canadian food in this age of trade disputes, but is it actually making a dint for U.S. exporters?
Lee Hart: Out of the ashes of retirement
Long-time Glacier FarmMedia writer Lee Hart brings back Hart Attacks column
Alberta’s Lee Hart is coming out of retirement to revive Hart Attacks, a column readers of the farm journals Grainews or Country Guide might remember.
Term conservation easements a middle-of-the-road solution
Term conservation easements, which come with expiry date, are a middle-of-the-road solution for grassland protection and farmer priorities
Term conservation easements, which come with expiry date, are a middle-of-the-road solution to balance grassland protection and farmer priorities.
Pork doing the right thing
Manitoba’s pork industry gives the province a lot to be proud of
Manitoba’s pork industry gives the province a lot to be proud of.
Manure more precious than gold
Livestock manure demand could see a resurgence when industry outgrows commercial fertilizer
Livestock manure may just be awaiting its return to the crop nutrition spotlight when commercial fertilizers no longer meet the needs of the world’s farmers, says columnist Brenda Schoepp.
EXPERT’S RADAR JULY: U.S. government diet nudging could affect agriculture commodity markets
Trump administration pressure against seed oil and corn syrup may play out in the markets for those crops
The U.S. government’s less friendly tone against seed oil and corn syrup may play out in the markets for those farm crops.
Going beyond “Resistant” on crop seed labels
Variety resistance is getting more specific on crop disease pathogens, but that information must be conveyed in a way that actually helps producers make rotation decisions.
Variety resistance is getting more specific on crop disease pathogens, but that information must be conveyed in a way that actually helps producers make rotation decisions.
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