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For beef producers, artificial intelligence could provide valuable insight into farm management.
Beef cattle, Livestock

AI and beef production: When good isn’t enough anymore

AI is bringing a new era to the beef sector, and status-quo thinking won’t cut it

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Glacier FarmMedia – You may run a good beef farm, maybe even a great one. Making yourself remarkable, however, is another matter in the age of explosive artificial intelligence (AI) technology. That was the message from one technology expert speaking to the Alberta Beef Industry Conference earlier this year. Why it matters: Agriculture, like other
A Moonsyst Smart Rumen Bolus is inserted at MBFI’s Brookdale Farm north of Brandon.
Beef cattle, News

Gut sensors may be one high-tech answer to reproductive efficiency in cattle

From sensors made to swallow to the cow version of Big Brother, MBFI is putting reproductive optimizing technologies to the test

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A research project underway at Manitoba Beef and Forage Initiatives (MBFI) north of Brandon might help cattle operations across the Prairies take their replacement heifer game plan to the next level. MBFI is one of three western Canadian sites feeding data into a four-year study aimed at evaluating how various novel technologies might improve reproductive
Part of the programming in the new digital agriculture technology program will focus on data collection using drones.
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ACC program looks to bridge digital gap in agriculture

New ACC program to add tech savvy aggies to the workforce targets

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A new program at Assiniboine Community College aims to fill high-tech labour gaps in the agricultural sector. The two-year advanced diploma program in digital agriculture technology will be launched this fall at the college’s Russ Edwards School of Agriculture and Environment. “This program is about equipping students with practical skills that will be invaluable in the rapidly evolving field
Editorial: Farming in the age of Asimov
Editorial, Op/Ed

Editorial: Farming in the age of Asimov

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The first time I picked up a book by Isaac Asimov, I was in high school and the book was “Foundation.” More recently, I got around to another Asimov classic, “I, Robot.”  If your only experience with Asimov’s AI-centred opus is the 2004 movie, forget everything you know. The book has less violent robot revolution
Darcy Herauf, director of the AgExpert division at FCC, speaks at AgDays in January 2024.
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Stormy skies for cloud-based farm tech

Trust dilemma adds turbulence to ag data integration

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Cloud-based software developers face a dilemma when trying to crack the agricultural market. On one hand, integrating all the on-farm data they can gather with government systems, equipment manufacturers and other software companies could help farmers manage productivity and make decisions easier. On the other hand, farmers worry that those same developers might turn the
Canada can’t afford to let itself lag on crop research, authors argue.
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EMILI launches free ag data course

Online course will give farmers foothold in data, how it’s used on the farm and how to protect it

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A Winnipeg-based organization promoting the adoption of ag technology has launched a free, online course to help farmers build knowledge and skills around agricultural and farm data. “We hope that it equips farmers with the right questions when it comes to farm data and digital technologies,” said Dan Lussier, director of EMILI’s Canadian Agri-food Data
A bird’s eye view is enough for a livestock producer to monitor a herd or watch individual animal behaviour. For crops, it’s an extension of the farmer’s own scouting, useful to see pests, disease symptoms or other issues that could stunt crop growth.
Equipment, News

Microdrones can give farmers a foothold in aerial tech

Microdrones can help scout crops or track livestock and, with today’s advancements, have a farmer-friendly price tag

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Any farmer can get into the drone game, according to Matthew Johnson, vice-president at Volatus Aerospace. And with the current price of a minidrone, with its functionality and ease of use, he says it’s kind of crazy not to. “I’ve been saying it for a long time. Since (the) mini came out, I think every
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: It’s OK to be apprehensive about AI

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Glacier FarmMedia – I’ve watched with interest in the last few years what’s considered ‘hot’ in the eyes of ag investors – and how quickly that interest fades and moves on to next trend. One exception has been precision agriculture technologies. They remain a popular investment choice, and for good reason. But the alternative protein
Carman-area farmer Tyler Menold with his kids.
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Farming from space

From scales to satellites, farmers navigate the highs and lows of ag tech adoption

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Manitoba farmers are embracing new technology and they want more of it, but bells and whistles don’t interest them. They want results. “You can’t test everything before you buy it, but we always want to try and do as much research on the topic as we can, whether it’s new technology, new machinery or a
“You can take the same set of genetics and apply a different environment, and that plant will be different; it will taste different; it will look different and it will have a different nutritional fingerprint.” – Thomas Graham, University of Guelph.
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The climb of vertical farming

The development and future of vertical ‘plant factories’

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Broadly speaking, commercial vertical farming operations are humankind’s attempt to grow food under conditions more controllable than Mother Nature allows and with a minimum of wasted space. Many seem like sci-fi greenhouses: hydroponics, plants growing in stacks or up walls and high-tech sensor setups that seem straight out of the mind of Gene Roddenberry. And,

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