Let the Ag Year begin

Manitoba Ag Days 2013 is literally where the “Ag Year begins” for many of the 12,000-plus visitors a day who come to check out the latest equipment and products, learn something new and meet with friends and acquaintances they may not have seen for a while. “One of the really great things about Ag Days



Making connections at Ag Days

It’s a lot quieter at the Ag Days office these days, thanks in large part to technology. “We don’t have as many people paging the office,” says Ag Days webmaster Tom Tolton. “We used to have message boards up and lots of people paging, but today they all have cellphones to communicate with each other.”


Tech-savvy farmers are going mobile

It appears the days of escaping to the tractor cab for a few air-conditioned hours away from the telephone are over on the farm. A recent Farm Credit Canada survey found 81 per cent of farmers are now packing cellphones and they are rapidly investing in smartphones and tablets. The FCC survey found 29 per

In Brief… – for Jan. 27, 2011

Saudis to raise wheat reserves:Saudi Arabia plans to increase wheat reserves to one year from six months in around three years, the head of the grains authority said Jan. 16. The kingdom would increase grain storage capacity by 550,000 tonnes in four cities within three years to reach that goal, Waleed ElKheriji told reporters. Last


Dekalb Launches Mobile Application

Dekalb seed is launching a new mobile application, available for download and use on a wide variety of BlackBerry(R) devices. The Dekalb Plant Population Calculator App provides corn and soybean farmers with recommended planting populations for their crops. Once downloaded to their BlackBerry device, the application will provide farmers with a recommended planting population for

CCIA Adds Online User Support Feature – for Sep. 23, 2010

Anew online “Resource Centre” including a user guide, templates and tools for information upload, frequently asked questions (FAQs), software resources and feedback channels is the latest feature of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency website. The Resource Centre is much like a roadmap to the CCIA’s Canadian Livestock Tracking System, or CLTS, CCIA chairman Darcy Eddleston


CCIA Adds Online User Support Feature – for Sep. 16, 2010

Anew online “Resource Centre” including a user guide, templates and tools for information upload, frequently asked questions (FAQs), software resources and feedback channels is the latest feature of the Canadian Cattle Identification Agency website. The Resource Centre is much like a roadmap to the CCIA’s Canadian Livestock Tracking System, or CLTS, CCIA chairman Darcy Eddleston