Available to growers in 2014, AAC Brandon hard spring wheat has been shown to be productive in a variety of weather conditions. Development started on the variety in 2003.

Opinion: Innovation is hard, hype is easy

There is no shortage of companies and researchers that claim to have a silver bullet to solve agricultural issues, but if truly helpful, it takes years before technologies are in the hands of farmers

Glacier FarmMedia – In November, the John Innes Centre announced it had discovered a gene that could lead to drought resistant wheat. The centre is a well-known institution in Norwich, […] Read more



The Soiltech Wireless sensor can be placed on the ground to act as a localized weather station by measuring temperature and humidity. It can also be buried to monitor moisture and temperature.

Soil tech firms allow sensors to work together

Ceres Imaging and Soiltech Wireless say the recent agreement allows their technology to validate each other in the field

Glacier FarmMedia – Ceres Imaging and Soiltech Wireless have an agreement that enables the two systems to work together. Soiltech Wireless offers a cellular-based wireless sensor and Ceres Imaging uses […] Read more

At AgriTech North's vertical farming facility in Dryden, the light in the grow room is pink when the plants are in their grow cycle, and off during the day when they are in their sleep cycle.

Improving food security in northern Ontario

Finalists named for Northern Ontario Innovation Challenge

Seven agri-food entrepreneurs from across northern Ontario have been chosen as finalists in the Northern Ontario Innovation Challenge run by Bioenterprise Canada, a national accelerator known as Canada’s food and […] Read more