The big players in the machinery market keep adding pieces towards autonomous vehicles for farming, but how far away is a final product?
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The long march to autonomy
The big players in the machinery market keep adding pieces, but how far away is a final product?
Canada dragging feet on drone regulations
Work to add drones to pesticide labels is ongoing, but Canadian farmers are getting fed up with the wait being imposed by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Canada has spent five years developing regulation and labels for drone spraying, farmers and chemical manufacturers want a clearer pathway.
VIDEO: Drone seeding aids cover crop planting
Manitoba cover crop trials this summer tested drone seeding against a traditional drill; with promising biomass results
Manitoba cover crop trials test drone seeding against a traditional drill; the drone-seeded areas stood up on biomass production.
Older farm technology may risk hacker attack
Out-of-date internet-connected systems can be a cybersecurity vulnerability on many Prairie farms, allowing hackers in
A farm’s older internet-connected control systems — in one recent case, grain dryers — can let hackers in to wreak havoc.
Five lessons from Agritechnica 2025
Chinese equipment, autonomy and interest in Canadian-made farm machinery were some trends at Agritechnica 2025
Chinese companies, autonomous farm equipment, interest in Canadian-made machinery were notable trends at Agritechnica 2025.
Gene editing against classical swine fever
A gene-edited pig in the U.K. is resistant to classical swine fever; the same technology could be used for a solution to bovine viral diarrhea in cattle
British scientists have discovered a gene edit that could provide resistance to classical swine fever in pigs and bovine viral diarrhea in cattle
Farmer gift idea: How about a weather station?
The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
The 2025 holiday season is looming, and a home weather station might make a great Christmas gift for farmers
Better pig data with biodegradable ear tags
Manitoba-made ear tag dissolves during hog processing, promises farmers easier path to data-driven, pig-specific farm management decisions
A Manitoba-made dissolving ear tag, called Clean Trace, could reduce processing challenges and enable more individual pig management on Canadian farms.
Nuffield journey shapes Manitoba farm, years later
Clayton Robins travelled across the world on a Nuffield scholarship over a decade ago; it profoundly impacted how he now farms in western Manitoba
Clayton Robins travelled across the world on a Nuffield scholarship over a decade ago; it profoundly impacted how he now farms in western Manitoba
Better data on fertilizer emissions with the Internet of Things
Web of smart field sensors allows better soil monitoring and, hopefully, live insights on farm greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen fertilizer application
Web of soil sensors looks for live insights on farm greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen fertilizer application.
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
