Prairie beef farmers were forced to find new feed sources, learn new processes and make difficult decisions in managing their feed inventories in the past few years.
Beef experts share lessons learned from three years of drought
Canadian-made small square baler increases capacity
The Marcrest 210 baler can make more than 1,000 square bales in an hour
No small square balers on the market could keep up with Marcrest’s Bale Baron bale packager, so the company built one. The Listowel, Ont., company showcased its new 210 baler […] Read more
Taking the human out of pressure washing
Pressure washing is an unpopular job on livestock farms that is increasingly solved with automation
From Ag in Motion: Livestock goes high tech
A Saskatchewan ag tech startup company helps assure livestock farmers that their animals are receiving adequate water.
Merging greenhouse and vertical farm advantages innovations
Interius Farms won the 2024 University of Guelph pitch competition
Interius Farms, a company that brings vertical farming technology to greenhouses, won the 2024 University of Guelph Agri-Tech Pitch Competition. The company was one of five selected to pitch their […] Read more
New ag tech pitch event to precede AgSmart
Discovery Lab brings its tech startup process to agriculture
A new event in conjunction with AgSmart at Olds College aims to bring mainstream technology startup support to the agriculture sector.
Push for more hog processing intensifies after Quebec closures
Shipping more hogs to the U.S. instead of Quebec means more truck disease risk
Reduced hog processing in Quebec has forced the redirection of thousands of Ontario hogs to U.S. and Manitoba processing plants. The change has increased shipping costs for Ontario producers and […] Read more
Tomato virus prompts race for resistance
Global tomato breeders are putting tremendous resources into breeding resistance to tomato brown rugose fruit virus
Tomato breeders are racing to breed resistance to the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus. It emerged first in Israel in 2014 and has since spread to Europe, North America and […] Read more
VIDEO: Assessing fusarium head blight risk in wheat
Scout winter wheat fields and make a plan for harvest
Warm, damp conditions in 2024 have made for greater fusarium head blight risk in Ontario’s wheat crop. In this video Albert Tenuta, OMAFA Provincial Field Crop Pathologist and Joanna Follings, […] Read more
Opinion: Farmer frustration finds political success in Europe
There’s palpable frustration on farms in Europe and it’s spilling from the countryside into political action – and success. The BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) in the Netherlands, also known as the Farmer-Citizen […] Read more