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Dr. Danny Mann speaking at a seminar on automated tractors in February at the University of Manitoba.
Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

The autonomous age will require human interface

Surprisingly ergonomics is going to be important as machinery automates

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The era of the autonomous tractor is upon us, says Danny Mann, head of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitoba. However, there will be limitations. Mann says liability concerns mean that for the foreseeable future, there will have to be some level of human involvement in the technology. Mann was speaking to an audience at a University of
Assiniboine Community College, EMILI join forces to improve digital skills
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Assiniboine Community College, EMILI join forces to improve digital skills

The partnership is designed to spark high-tech skills for the future ag sector

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Assinboine Community College and the Enterprise Machine Intelligence Learning Initiative (EMILI) are looking to boost digital skills in the ag work force. The college and industry-led non-profit will spend the next five years collaborating on projects “to advance the adoption of intelligent technologies and provide Manitobans with in-demand digital agriculture skills,” a Jan. 26 release
The end result.
Farmit Manitoba

Five dollar lettuce a boon to hydroponics start-up

Manitoba inventor takes pandemic project to market

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A Manitoba inventor has developed a homegrown solution to five-dollar lettuce. Neil Evenson is the founder of Radical Growing Company, which produces self-contained, do-it-yourself, single-plant hydroponic kits. Evenson is a design engineer by trade but he loves to tinker in his spare time, and every now and again, those tinkerings turn into a viable product
Mike Loewen with his Hyundai Ioniq 5.
Farmit Manitoba

Rural electric vehicles: brilliant or balderdash?

Off the grid: A meme sends a Co-operator reporter on a quest to find the ‘T’ on EVs – and to get behind the wheel

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I’ve come across multiple iterations of this Facebook meme. Several cars sit half-buried as a snowstorm rages around them. The caption reads something like, “Can you imagine an electric vehicle stuck here for hours, the battery dying, the saps inside freezing their patooties off? Pry my gas-powered vehicle from my cold, dead hands!” For everyone
Traceability in food products is moving beyond the spheres of food quality and safety and into sustainability.
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Improving agriculture traceability through blockchain firm’s aim

Manitoba company taps into blockchain to solve stubborn supply chain issues

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A Manitoba software company uses blockchain technology to connect the dots between producer and consumer in the agriculture sector. TheoryMesh is the brainchild of Manitoba software developer Chris Bunio. He spent 18 years in business development at Microsoft before returning to Winnipeg during the pandemic to launch TheoryMesh. He spoke at the recent Fields on Wheels conference at the University
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Crops

China must raise self-reliance in ag tech, Xi says

Seed industry seen as weak link in food chain

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Beijing | Reuters — President Xi Jinping wants China to accelerate efforts to achieve self-reliance in agricultural technology, identifying seed development and core equipment among areas to focus on, state media reported. The central leadership had said in 2020 that the country’s seed industry was a weak link in the food chain and needed to
A FuelPositive containerized production system. The system combines hydrogen produced from water through electrolysis and nitrogen extracted from the air to produce anhydrous ammonia that can be stored on-farm.
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Green ammonia gets funding boost

The pilot plant will be the first of its kind in Canada

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A project to bring green ammonia to a Manitoba farm is slated for $300,000 in government funds. Ontario-based FuelPositive Corporation announced approval for the funding Dec. 14. Why it matters: The project has been delayed several times due to supply chain issues but has garnered interest from the regenerative movement and from farmers worried about input costs.
A FuelPositive containerized production system. The system combines hydrogen produced from water through electrolysis and nitrogen extracted from the air to produce anhydrous ammonia that can be stored on-farm.
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Countdown to green anhydrous ammonia

On-farm, low-emissions anhydrous ammonia production touted as fertilizer disruptor

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Green ammonia production is about to be put through its paces on one southern Manitoba farm. Green energy company FuelPositive, based in Waterloo, Ont., says its inaugural farm-scale demonstration system will be deployed in January near Sperling. The system is set to be installed on R&L Acres, operated by Tracy and Curtis Hiebert. Why it matters: Green
The Cultured Meat Revolution: By the end of the decade these products could be as cheap as traditional meat.
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The high-tech future of meat is just around the corner

A key regulatory milestone has been cleared and economic parity with conventional production could be just seven years away

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Meat producers are paying attention now that a cultured meat company has passed a key regulatory hurdle. Upside Foods became the first company to receive a “no questions” letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Despite some headlines, it has not received approval for any products but the FDA said it has no qualms
Yield data is commonplace but fully leveraging it isn’t happening yet on most farms — but that will change rapidly, say some experts.
Crops, Equipment

The era of uniform application is ending as data drives change

The technology behind precision application isn’t the finished article yet, but it’s getting close

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Glacier FarmMedia – The days of applying fertilizer and other inputs in a blanket fashion across entire fields are coming to an end. With the advent of GPS integrated data loggers and yield maps, farmers no longer need to guess when it comes to applying expensive inputs, said precision agriculture expert Alex Melnitchouck. “Yield is

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