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A recent solar flare seems not to have caused many issues for producers, but it has generated some spectacular photos of the aurora borealis by sky watchers. This image was taken Sunday night, October 6, 2024 near Turtle Lake, Sask. Photo: Facebook/Darren Schoonbaert
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Recent solar flare has little impact on farmers

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A precision ag expert says a massive solar flare that occurred late last week may not end up causing too many problems after all. Matt Yanick, owner of My Precision Ag Ltd., says the flare that various space weather monitoring stations detected Oct. 3 doesn't seem to have too caused many issues at all.
Those who rely on a WAAS GPS guidance signal should be aware of an outage on Satellite 133 during the spring planting season.
Crops, Machinery

GPS signal outage planned

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Glacier FarmMedia– If the GPS system in use on your farm relies on a Wide Area Augmentation System signal, be aware of a planned outage that will occur in the middle of spring planting this year. The United States Federal Aviation Administration, which administers the civilian-use GPS network, plans to switch WAAS GEO 6 (S15 […] Read more
Farm Health Guardian now integrated with Motive GPS system
Livestock, News

Farm Health Guardian now integrated with Motive GPS system

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Farm Health Guardian has added to its growing list of fleet management system integrations.  Motive is the latest leading GPS system that Farm Health Guardian’s biosecurity software now links with to give customers easy access to real-time data that will help strengthen biosecurity, the company said in a release. “This latest addition of Motive to our GPS […] Read more
Ontario GPS guidance down as satellite 135 offline for testing
Crops, News

Ontario GPS guidance down as satellite 135 offline for testing

Farmers should try satellite 131, 132 or 133 to help with GPS correction

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An abrupt change in the availability of the main satellite used for GPS correction in Ontario threw farmers’ planting and combining plans into confusion. All of the satellites used for GPS correction for farming are owned by the United States military and administered by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the U.S. Why it matters: […] Read more
The CEMIS 1200 ISOBUS terminal controls automated steering, online documentation, ISOBUS and TASK controller applications, and section control.
Machinery

Claas, Trimble develop new GPS steering system

New system from Trimble and Class uses one user interface

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Glacier FarmMedia – Trimble and Claas have developed a new GPS steering system for Claas tractors, combine harvesters and forage harvesters. The joint development includes satellite-based steering, precision farming and the ISOBUS infrastructure, including task management. Frank Buschmeier, Trimble’s marketing director, said the agreement was focused on improving the user experience within the cab. “Having […] Read more
(TopconPositioning.com)
Crops, Machinery

Brandt closes GeoShack deal, locks up Topcon sales in Canada

Tractor company revives Ontario deal

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A deal to make Brandt Tractor the exclusive dealer for Topcon geopositioning equipment clear across Canada has been resuscitated. Regina-based Brandt announced Tuesday it has closed its previously-announced deal to buy the assets of GeoShack Canada — two weeks after Dallas-based GeoShack declared that “a mutually beneficial deal… has not been attained.” GeoShack has been […] Read more
(TopconPositioning.com)
Crops, Machinery

Brandt buys GeoShack’s Ontario business

Deal makes equipment firm the exclusive Topcon dealer for Canada

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Farm, forestry and construction equipment maker Brandt is about to buy itself a lock on the market for Topcon GPS equipment in Canada. The Regina-based Brandt Group announced Wednesday it has reached a deal to buy the assets of GeoShack Canada Co. and the Canadian assets of Inteq Distributors, both owned by Dallas-based Ultara Holdings. […] Read more
Crop health maps help identify areas of concern in the field.
Crops

Small investments, big gains

Where to start with free and low-cost precision ag tools – and why

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For producers looking to dip their toes into the precision agriculture pool for little cost and potentially substantial rewards, help is here. The big advantages precision agriculture can provide are mostly well-known. In short, information is power. Why it matters: There are some lower-cost entry points into precision agriculture for farmers who want to try […] Read more
(Deere.ca)
Machinery

Farmers keen early adopters, StatsCan report shows

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CNS Canada — Canadian farmers in most sectors are strong proponents of data-driven technology, according to a report Wednesday from Statistics Canada. The latest release from StatsCan’s 2016 Census of Agriculture showed farmers were particularly keen to jump into new technology if it improved the efficiency of their operations or their bottom lines. StatsCan spokesperson […] Read more

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