VIDEO: Automated weeder uses AI to manage weeds in vegetable crops

VIDEO: Automated weeder uses AI to manage weeds in vegetable crops

At the EIMA international agricultural machinery exhibition earlier this month, Ferrari Growtech had an impressive piece of equipment on the show floor weed control. Named the Twistweed, this automated weeder uses artificial intelligence to identify and remove weeds from between planted crops in the field. A camera on the Twistweed detects plants at 10 images/sec […] Read more




The Stratus AirSprayer is essentially a powered paraglider — one that can carry heavier loads and stay aloft much longer than conventional drones. Photo: Supplied

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.

Red-root pigweed pokes its head above the soil surface.

AI tool to identify agricultural pests in development

Science Notes: Large machine learning models aim to quickly identify agricultural pests

Iowa State University researchers are developing large, vision-based artificial intelligence tools to identify and then recommend controls for agricultural pests. The researchers are one of the first teams to win computing support from the new National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource Pilot in the United States. The award will provide one million “node hours” of supercomputing […] Read more


Ontario already has most of the key elements needed to be a global livestock ag tech leader.

Opinion: A new fight on the artificial intelligence front

At the recent Farm and Food Care Ontario annual meeting in Elora, the focus of afternoon presenters was on artificial intelligence. It wasn’t the usual rhetoric dominating the news and social media channels right now, which seems to be focused on how artificial intelligence tools may soon replace millions of jobs and perhaps take over […] Read more

Colin (left) and Glen Yates, developers of VETSon.

Digital medicine gives farmers easier access to veterinary care

VETSon provides veterinary clinics with option to provide remote service

Canada has a growing nation-wide shortage of veterinarians, particularly in rural and remote areas. An Ontario start-up has launched a solution aimed to lessen the burden on struggling veterinary practices and make services available to more farmers. Colin Yates and his father, Glen, who has been a mixed practice veterinarian for more than 45 years, […] Read more