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A common phrase for tech leaders and companies is “data-driven agriculture.” But which interests does farm data serve?
Equipment, Farmit Manitoba

The way we talk about digital agriculture obscures interests behind it, says author

Facebook users pay for use with data. Farmers pay with data and for using it

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Treating farm data like it’s a natural resource or comes ‘from on high’ makes it harder to see the forces that shape and profit from it, contends a new book. “In agriculture, just like in other contexts… there are really powerful interests behind the collection of data and the use and misuse of data,” said author Kelly Bronson
EMILI staff meet with Rick Rutherford on an EMILI staff visit to Innovation Farms site this summer.
Livestock, News

‘Innovation Farms’ to allow agricultural technology testing on commercial operation

Ability to vet tech for potential ROI may benefit his farm and his customers says Rutherford Farms owner

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Space for ag technology start-ups to test tech on a working commercial farm has officially launched, announced EMILI (Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative). “We intend to use this space to develop real world digital ag solutions that will give Canadian producers the edge in a quickly changing industry,” said EMILI board chair and Enns
Topigs Norsvin Canada general manager Cam McGavin stands outside the incoming Innova Canada site in western Manitoba.
Hogs, Livestock, News

Topigs Norsvin to open new nucleus barn

Nucleus site marks deeper Manitoba roots for global pig genetics company

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The gene pool for purebred hogs in Manitoba is about to get a little deeper. Construction is entering its final phase at Innova Canada, the latest Manitoba site for global hog genetics company Topigs Norsvin. The facility north of Plumas will be a new breeding and gestation nucleus site for the company. Cam McGavin, general
Editorial, Op/Ed

Guest Editorial: Big food investments growing in agriculture

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Earlier this year McCain Foods Ltd. quietly purchased a little-known firm called Resson. Ten years ago, the news that a food company such as McCain purchased a predictive crop technology company would have raised a few eyebrows. Many may have wondered what a company known for its frozen French fries would want with a company
Researchers at Olds College are testing a Norwegian virtual fencing system called Nofence, one of several systems using the rapidly evolving technology.
Livestock

Virtual fence systems for livestock could be the next breakthrough

Though this technology is taking off in Europe and being studied here, it’s still early days

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Glacier FarmMedia – Research on virtual fences for livestock is gaining momentum in Western Canada. One technology being studied uses collars on animals that emit a series of audio warnings and, if need be, an electric pulse, when livestock approach an invisible boundary set with GPS coordinates. “The animals are actually able to get trained
“…there’s already lots of users from Manitoba on our system and those people now have an easy way (to report) with a tool that they already use for work.” – Rob Hannam, Farm Health Guardian
News

App to help Squeal on Pigs

Manitoba Pork hopes Farm Health Guardian will help streamline the reporting process for wild pigs

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Manitobans with a smartphone have a new way to raise the red flag if they spot wild pigs. Sightings reported through the Farm Health Guardian app will now feed into the province’s Squeal on Pigs campaign, an initiative launched earlier this year under the auspices of the Manitoba Invasive Swine Eradication Project. Why it matters: The Prairies’ growing
File photo of greenhouse food production systems in British Columbia. (KarenMassier/iStock/Getty Images)

B.C. to back Indigenous food system projects

New program taking applications starting Monday

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A new British Columbia program will provide up to $80,000 each for projects in agriculture, food processing or other sectors to improve food security in that province’s Indigenous communities. The province on Wednesday rolled out a new Indigenous Food Systems and Agriculture Partnership Program, which is set up to take applications starting Monday (Sept. 26)
‘Farmers bring technology to life. This is where the rubber meets the road…’
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Innovation is improving yields and stewardship

Recent field day demonstrated some of the latest technology

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Farmers are constantly being asked to do more with less. Farmers’ efforts are supported by ongoing research and innovation both from the private sector and academia, working to find new ways to reduce labour needs, improve efficiency, increase production, improve animal welfare and reduce environmental risks. Farming does not stand still. Innovations and improvements mean
Cyberattacks against agricultural targets are not some far-off threat; they are already happening.
Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Rise of precision agriculture exposes food system to new threats

There are pressing reasons to adopt new technology, but real risks too

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Farmers are adopting precision agriculture, using data collected by GPS, satellite imagery, internet-connected sensors and other technologies to farm more efficiently. While these practices could help increase crop yields and reduce costs, the technology behind the practices is creating opportunities for extremists, terrorists and adversarial governments to attack farming machinery, with the aim of disrupting
The RoamIO HC was one of many autonomous technologies attendees of the recent AgRobotics Working Group field tour could see in action.
Equipment, News

Ironing out autonomous logistics

AgRobotics Working Group field day shows challenges, benefits of autonomous equipment

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Glacier FarmMedia – Logistics carry the day, not tactics – or so goes the military adage. However true on the battlefield, the saying also has resonance in crop production. It holds true for autonomous field implements, just as it has for analog equipment, though tech developers don’t always get the message right away. Why it

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