When it comes to spraying, Trimble is working on systems that will decide what fields should be sprayed by looking at the crops’ growth stage and weather conditions.

Trimble looks beyond the headlands in the future

Autonomous operations stretch past the fields’ edges and work with whole-farm operational logistics

Glacier FarmMedia – Horsch and Trimble are working together on autonomous-agricultural robots. Phillip Horsch, owner of Horsch, tweeted a video of a robot pulling a planter during its spring testing […] Read more






ARMMI to wind down operations

The Agriculture Response Materials Management Inc. (ARMMI) organization has ceased operations and will distribute the remaining stockpile among the four founding poultry boards.  Incorporated as a not-for-profit in 2008, ARMMI […] Read more

Warm temperatures followed by cooler temperatures have averaged out the wheat crop harvest timeline.

Ontario wheat harvest looks optimistic

Warm spring temperatures moved the crop along nicely, although a cool late May slowed it down

The 2021 Ontario winter wheat crop is ahead of schedule and shows promising development. Tim Meulensteen, an agronomist with C&M Seeds in Palmerston, Ont., said two dynamics are at play; […] Read more



Bill 216 aims to have students in grades 1-12 gain hands-on experience on how to grow, process and prepare food in order to form a closer connection with agriculture.

Food literacy bill to get roundtable ag support

The bill aims to make food literacy part of the curriculum throughout elementary and secondary school

A private member’s bill advocating for experiential food literacy education in the provincial school curriculum is gaining traction.  Why it matters: Increasing food literacy among youth will help them understand […] Read more