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There’s no shortage of data on today’s farms but the most important number — profit per acre — is not easy to determine.
Crops, News, Other

The search for a ‘win-win’ solution to unprofitable acres

Precision agriculture meets precision conservation in ongoing profitability mapping research

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Farming and farmland conservation sometimes seem at odds with each other — a win for one is seen as a loss for the other. After all, taking land out of production for conservation purposes is seen as a loss of productive farmland, while the ecological community sometimes views intensive ag production as a threat to
Field day attendees get a look at the pivot-mounted radiometers, one of AAFC’s efforts to nail down variable-rate irrigation and mapping at Carberry’s CMCDC this year.
Crops, News

Potato researchers delve into variable-rate irrigation

Potato producers are hearing more about variable-rate technology, but researchers at Carberry are trying to dig up some concrete numbers on the technology

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If there’s a perfect recipe for success when it comes to variable-rate irrigation in potatoes, the researchers at the Canada-Manitoba Crop Diversification Centre (CMCDC) are still trying to find it. The idea of variable-rate irrigation is hardly new. As early as 2012, news of field trials was coming out of Alberta, although one of the
Chicken Farm
Comment, Opinion

Celebrating modern agriculture

The farm of today is nothing like the ‘good old days’ and thank goodness for that

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Most farmers are reluctant to talk about modern agriculture. Our own industry advertisements promote the image of a farm with a faded red barn and a few chickens running about in a pastoral setting. That is not modern agriculture and we need to stop letting agriculture be portrayed this way. It is not hard to
Wade Barnes, CEO of Farmers Edge.
News, Other

Farmers Edge releases road map

The company is promising a host of new digital agriculture tools

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A homegrown ag technology giant says it’s expecting to launch more than 90 new digital agronomic tools in the coming months. Winnipeg’s Farmers Edge released a “comprehensive R&D road map” May 1, touting its ability to leverage data analytics and high-tech approaches like machine learning to enable “data-driven decision-making” that supports high-yield crop production. Farmers
Dr. Bernie Zebarth of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada explores drone use during the 2018 Manitoba Potato Production Days in Brandon earlier this year.
Crops

Mapping a new frontier: Potatoes and precision agriculture

The root crop has a number of quirks that make it both a prime candidate for 
precision agriculture and a little different than other crops

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Potatoes may, in many ways, be the perfect candidate for precision agriculture. They’re a high-volume, high-value and high-input crop and the industry has already invested more than other sectors in soil and drainage mapping, variable rate technology and management zones, according to one agronomist who works closely with potato growers. Trevor Thornton’s Crop Care Consulting
(Valley Irrigation video screeengrab via YouTube)

‘Clean’ tech adoption up for federal funding

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Provinces and territories can apply starting April 1 for chunks of a three-year, $25 million federal fund to support programs that encourage on-farm adoption of precision ag tools or use of renewables from ag waste. Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Monday launched the fund, to flow through what’s dubbed the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT)
Opinion

Selling environmental benefits

New data management tools could help position Canadian agriculture 
as a sustainable supplier in the global marketplace

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As momentum behind the tools and concepts of precision agriculture continues to grow, one of the most exciting — but least talked about — opportunities is their ability to improve farming’s environmental footprint. That’s a shame, because that’s one attribute of this latest revolution in agriculture that is most likely to resonate with an increasingly
Don Campbell relays the peaks and valleys he had to navigate while starting up an emerging aerial application company using drones. Campbell was one of several speakers during a precision agriculture workshop in Southport.
Crops, Local news

Precision agriculture takes to wing at Southport

Precision agriculture has both sky-high potential and some very down-to-earth obstacles

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When it comes to precision agriculture, there is no such thing as too much quality data — assuming you have the software and internet connection to process it. Southport hosted a precision ag discussion and drew farm consultants, service providers and producers Dec. 12 for its second workshop. “It’s gone from satellite, really huge zones,
Agritruth’s Adam Gurr (l to r) and Stephen Vajdik hope to generate robust, field-scale data on everything from nutrient management to varieties and product testing.
Machinery, News

Little farm on the big database

Plenty of farmers would like to get their heads into the cloud. So what’s keeping them grounded?

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When it comes to big data on the farm, the final destination is sunny, but the road ahead is full of bumps. That’s according to NDSU’s David Saxowsky, a professor of agriculture who’s written on the topic of data and its coming impact on agriculture. Saxowsky imagines a time when farmers are so well informed

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