Drone regulations coming

Drone regulations coming

Farmers will need an operating permit

Farmers and other commercial users of drones should begin now to secure the required Transport Canada authorization for operating the unmanned air vehicles they use for scouting fields, crops and livestock. Drone licensing has become a hot ticket item in recent months because of the growing recreational interest in flying the units, said Natasha Gauthier,



Farmers Edge, the data science/precision agriculture company founded in 
Pilot Mound, Man., wants to manage 35 million acres globally by 2021.

Manitoba’s Farmers Edge sets its sights on global market

The data and precision agriculture company says accurate data is key to getting the results farmers demand

Big data may seem like a lofty topic for the average farmer, but many are already using it to improve productivity without even realizing it, the co-founder of one of the fastest-growing precision agriculture services on the continent says. “They’re doing it in the coffee shops,” said Wade Barnes, CEO and co-founder of Farmers Edge,

Agri-Trend CEO Rob Saik. (Jennifer Paige photo)

Trimble to buy consulting firm Agri-Trend

GPS and precision farming firm Trimble is set to buy the Canadian operator of North America’s largest network of independent agricultural consultants. Publicly traded, U.S.-based Trimble, which specializes in GPS and other location services, including the collection and management of on-farm data and services for precision farming, announced Tuesday it will buy Red Deer-based, privately-held


swathed canola field

Sustainability is not a four-letter word

Urban consumers don’t appreciate the economic powerhouse agriculture has become

A national pollster once told me that “Canadians really like farmers, but they don’t always like what farmers do.” He followed that up by noting that the second half of the statement was the more important part, and that it is the agriculture industry’s responsibility to address the misinformation circulating about modern-day farming. Misinformation, unfortunately,

Conservation congress comes to Winnipeg

staff / The Sixth World Congress on Conservation Agriculture will be held in Winnipeg in June 2014. “That conference will showcase Canadian farm developments such as no-till farming systems to the world,” says Don McCabe, president of Soils Conservation Council of Canada. “The Beneficial Management Practices employed in conservation agriculture are the backbone of sustainability.


Putting Fertilizer Where It’s Needed

“We’re trying to match the nutrient requirements to the production.” – WADE BARNES, FARMERS EDGE Last year, about eight million pounds of phosphorus fertilizer – roughly equivalent to 150 semi-truckloads – were not applied on 750,000 acres of cropland in Western Canada. It wasn’t needed. Credit Farmers Edge and variable rate technology for the cost

Early Adopter Finds Mixed Results With High-Tech Tools

Profit in modern farming is all about getting more yield for less inputs. Grandpa’s draft horses could gee and haw on a dime, but gigantic equipment, such as a 60-foot air seeder or a 100-foot boom sprayer, can’t easily be stopped in its tracks or manoeuvered around the natural variations in the landscape or soil