Alongside container farms in South Africa cultivating soldier flies for animal feed, solar-powered fish and crop dryers in Tanzania and machine-learning pest detectors in Kenya, Africans are coming up with innovative solutions to overcome the effects of climate change on food production.
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Solar dry, soldier fly, AI: Africans fight hunger with innovation
CNH Industrial lowers profit forecast on slow demand for farming products
Farm and construction equipment maker CNH Industrial on Wednesday lowered its 2024 profit forecast for the second time, as slowing demand for its tractors and combines keeps hopes for a recovery in the second half of the year muted.
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
Schulte combo wind-rower and rock-picker sparks interest at AIM
The Schulte Spartan RWP-1935 Rock Windrower Picker bring in rocks from a width of 19.19 feet wide with its hydraulically-driven wind rower, which is then connected directly to the rock picker with a three and a half cubic yard bucket.
Fuel hedging platform wins AIM innovation award
Rack Petroleum Ltd.’s HedgeHog app allows users to confirm a guaranteed price for diesel for future delivery up to two years into the future.
Paraglider powers a new kind of sprayer
The Stratus AirSprayer is different than the quadcopters and fixed-wing UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) typically associated with ag drones. Essentially, it’s a powered paraglider — one that can carry heavier loads and stay aloft much longer than conventional drones.
Mobile skills lab launches at Ag in Motion
Agricultural Manufacturers of Canada has launched at mobile skills lab at Ag in Motion 2024.
Ag in Motion Innovation Awards handed out
The competition was made up of five categories, each including three contestants. Their innovations ranged from a giant manure bio-gas tank-trailer to a simple plastic calf castration card, from analytical management systems to hand-held leaf-scanning apps.
John Deere launches T6 800 combine
The updated Class 7 straw walker model is designed to replace the conventional T670 and will begin production this fall
After New Holland introduced the rotary combine concept with its first TR model in the 1970s, that threshing system came to dominate the market in North America. Though it may […] Read more
