Glen and Alex Smyth have ambitious plans for a once commonplace fruit that many Canadians are no longer familiar with. Billed as North America’s only crab apple orchard, Appleflats Foods […] Read more
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Using innovation to save declining species
Appleflats harvests and processes crab apples, creating its own technology to make it work
Machine learning uncovers ‘genes of importance’ in agriculture
Science Notes: Technology can also predict additional traits in plants, disease outcomes in animals
Machine learning can pinpoint “genes of importance” that help crops to grow with less fertilizer, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. It can also predict additional traits in plants […] Read more
First truly autonomous grain cart tractor is here and put to a farmers’ test
Raven puts its latest technology into OmniDrive
Glacier FarmMedia – The first Canadian OmniDrive field demo took place Sept. 8 when a group of about 50 farmers got together at Haggerty Creek Agricultural Services, the Raven dealer […] Read more
Greenhouse CO2 application technology expands global reach
Canadian company CO2 GRO says growers can get up to 30 per cent yield improvement
A growing number of feasibility projects for a water-based carbon dioxide application technology that improves greenhouse crop yields are now underway in Canada. Launched in 2018 by Toronto-based CO2 GRO, […] Read more
Drone tech’s next big target? Insect pest management
Science Notes: There are multiple potential future applications for drone tech in the works
Drones keep getting smaller and smaller, while their potential applications keep getting bigger and bigger. And now unmanned aircraft systems are taking on some of the world’s biggest small problems: […] Read more
Canadian food security doesn’t look like it does in other countries
Accessibility to food is one thing — but resilience in production and processing is another
As some countries stockpile agricultural products, Canada continues to ship them out despite feed affordability concerns in parts of the country. Would investments in a stockpiled grain supply have helped […] Read more
Row end turns automation especially valuable in high value crops
Trimble markets NextSwath system as employee training solution
Agricultural tech company Trimble is hoping to make human resource management easier for growers who recruit and train new employees for the same tasks every year. It is targeting those […] Read more
Tech seen as a game-changer for agriculture
Food companies are using technology to push boundaries and make production more sustainable, reliable and secure
Glacier FarmMedia – Compared to cattle, crickets punch far above their weight as a source of protein. “There’s a biological organism that is arguably the most ancient source of protein […] Read more
3D printing grows in popularity
Greater knowledge of the technology’s capabilities and data-mapping process drives use by companies and individuals
The number of uses for 3D printing in the agriculture sector continues to grow as expired process patents, better materials and greater awareness of the technology allow more people to […] Read more
Deere, Bear Flag aim to automate tractors as ‘fast as possible’
Reuters – U.S. tractor maker Deere & Co said on Thursday it would buy tech startup Bear Flag Robotics for $250 million, with the goal of developing over the next […] Read more
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