Ton Groot Roessink milks about 200 cows near Baak, using robots, automated feeding and automated manure cleaning. Manure from the farm is put through a biogas digester. The methane is burned to produce electricity and heat for the farm.
Dutch farmer separates nitrogen from manure to fertilize crops
Process reduces manure hauling, produces usable heat and electricity for Dutch farm
Europe’s manure mathematics frustrate farmers
Strict rules limit nitrogen application depending on the form it takes when applied
Trucking manure is part of the strange nitrogen mathematics used in Europe as it attempts to balance nutrient use and penalizes manure based only on its nitrogen effect, without considering other nutrients, soil organic matter and biological benefits.
VIDEO: The value in swine 4-H
The Bacon Maker Classic returned to the Ontario Pork Congress on June 20, 2024, for the first time since 2019. The 4-H swine show had 28 members who registered and […] Read more
Global agreement targets illegal seeds
SEED | More connections among enforcement groups aims to reduce illegal seed use
A memorandum of understanding, signed at the World Seed Congress in the Netherlands, is aimed at fighting the illegal use of seed.
Global instability affects seed trade
Risks in seed production make it challenging to find enough seed growers
Leaders of international seed organizations and companies warn that various countries’ failure to follow global trade rules could threaten the seed trade and human food security.
Some farm dealerships back online after cyber attack
Dealers forced to turn to pen and paper after attack knocked out inventory software
Brian Osterndorff, chair of the board of the Canadian Equipment Dealers Association, and president and CEO of Robert’s Farm Equipment, a seven-store group in Ontario, said on June 26 that they had just been informed that they could use the system again.
Cyber attack frustrates farm equipment dealers
Dealers forced to use manual processes after software provider hacked
CDK provides business management software to dealers of all makes of farm equipment, so major dealers of John Deere, CNH and are working without digital systems across the country. CDK is also the leading provider of management software to automobile dealers and thousands of those dealerships are offline.
Can Canada attract gene-editing expertise?
Companies want to see more ability to collect royalties than is available in some crops in Canada
Canada has difficulty attracting companies to develop crop varieties due to the amount of farm-saved seed used by growers.
Gene-edited products will arrive quickly
Major crop producing areas of the world have figured out the regulatory pathways
A rush to market has begun for gene-edited crops, as countries and regions position themselves to take part in potential profits and improvements in crop performance.
Ontario Pork Congress: Disease updates, Quebec processing ramifications and the return of the pigs
The 51st Ontario Pork Congress, and the second since a two-year COVID break, returned to Stratford, Ont. June 19 and 20. Hog farm numbers continue to decline, while hogs produced […] Read more