CLAAS dealership GJ’s Farm Equipment has announced several changes to its southwest Ontario location. The full service dealership will be changing its name to GJ’s Harvest Centre Inc. and will expand its CLAAS business focus. To accommodate the growth targets, GJ’s will nearly double in size — adding an additional 7,500 square feet to the […] Read more
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GJ’s Farm Equipment gets new name with expanded CLAAS line
Court approval sought for Morris Industries sale
Rite Way deal the 'highest and best offer received'
The court overseeing creditor protection for seeding equipment maker Morris Industries is being asked to approve a deal for the company’s sale to another Saskatchewan manufacturer. Calgary consultancy Alvarez and Marsal, the court-appointed monitor for Morris, said Tuesday in its latest report to Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon it recommends approval of a sale […] Read more
Fieldbot can be quite bossy
One field robot runs the show and tells other robots what to do, system manages not just monitors events
Glacier FarmMedia – Fieldbot is no ordinary ag sensor. It issues orders, turns irrigation pumps on and off, controls fans and feeding equipment in livestock operations, even sends dairy cows into the parlour. Fieldbot can serve as a producer’s eyes and ears, while they’re busy carrying on with the actual work of farming. It will […] Read more
Public relations groups create network on farm, food issues
Public relations and communications professionals from coast-to-coast have banded together to form Farmwork to Feed Canada (FTFC), a volunteer, not-for- profit initiative to support the farm and agri-food sectors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. FTFC is creating a network for the exchange of information on important food issues, from farm labour to food security with the […] Read more
Four join national ag hall of fame
Bradshaw, Halford, Harvey and Hedley tapped for 2020 induction
Glacier FarmMedia – A soil conservation champion, an agribusiness leader, a plant breeder and longtime public servant are the latest members of the Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame. The 2020 inductees reflect the quality of people involved in the agriculture industry in Canada, according to CAHF president Trish Jordan. Agribusiness leader Jay Bradshaw began his […] Read more
Breakthrough could make hydrogen vehicles more feasible
Science Notes: Less platinum generates more promise for fuel cells' potential
Only a few of the roughly one billion cars and trucks on global roads run on hydrogen. This could change after a breakthrough achieved by researchers at the University of Copenhagen, a new catalyst that can be used to produce cheaper and far more sustainable hydrogen powered vehicles. Hydrogen has held potential as an alternative […] Read more
Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show looks to lock in land base
GFM plans to buy research land for eastern Discovery Farm
As Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show goes digital this week, its operator is preparing to secure its real-world footprint in southern Ontario and put that real estate to year-round work. Glacier FarmMedia and the Ontario government on Tuesday announced their intent to work toward a land deal with the Agricultural Research Institute of Ontario (ARIO), which […] Read more
Crop Plot Tours: See what’s growing
Preview: Canada's Digital Farm Show, Sept. 15-18
Sevita International Sandy Hart, Business Manager, Sevita International A primary focus of any variety plot demonstration is to see “what’s new” in the line-up for a seed company. Yet as every farmer knows, there’s more to crop production these days than what’s in the bag. For the 2020 virtual plot demonstration at Canada’s Digital Farm […] Read more
Discovery Farm Woodstock to be established at COFS site
Canada's Outdoor Farm Show owner to purchase site, create farmer-led research centre
Glacier FarmMedia, parent company of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS), is purchasing 100 acres, the current site of the show, from the province. The purchase will enable the company to establish Discovery Farm Woodstock, to provide COFS with a permanent home and create a centre for applied agriculture research. The land had been owned by […] Read more
U.S.-bound truckload of Alberta beef disappears
Over $230,000 in JBS beef hasn't turned up, RCMP says
A reefer truck loaded with over $230,000 in beef from the JBS plant at Brooks, Alta. is more than two weeks overdue and alleged to be travelling on “fraudulent documents,” RCMP say. Brooks RCMP said Monday they’re investigating after a transport truck that was subcontracted to haul a full load of beef from the JBS […] Read more
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