Automation and robotics seems to be an ever-growing priority for agricultural machinery manufacturers. Denmark-based Conpleks certainly sees the potential. The company works with partners to develop intelligent solutions for automated opportunities. Its technology is currently used in: autonomous line marking for sports fields, robotic mink feeding, and mechanical weeding. Tom Simonsen, founder and CEO of... Read More
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Alongside its vineyard-weeding robot family member Ted; Little Oz the research robot; and market garden weeder Oz, Naïo Technologies now has a large-scale vegetable weeding robot hitting farm fields. Guided by RTK GPS, and a set of cameras to ensure it stays between rows, Dino is electrically driven, lighter than a tractor and requires no... Read More
No one loves red tape, but rules and regulations are necessary. That said, rules and regulations should evolve alongside the advancement of an industry to best meet the needs, demands, and challenges of the value chain. The Canadian Grain Commission is working at doing exactly that, says chief commissioner, Patti Miller. Just over a year... Read More
While grain companies are investing in major upgrades to port facilities in Vancouver, the growing number of ships waiting on the West Coast shows it has been a challenge getting grain to those facilities this winter. Virtually all of the grain terminals in Vancouver are seeing expansion or new construction, to some degree, says Doug... Read More
Kinze Manufacturing is adding tillage equipment to its planters and grain cart lineup. The company has teamed up with Saskatchewan-based Degelman Industries to market the new Mach Till high-speed disc. Susanne Veatch, Kinze's president and chief marketing officer says the Mach Till is best described as "hybrid horizontal tillage" rather than vertical tillage. “The Mach... Read More
Shaun Haney is back in the host chair, this time from Ontario's London Farm Show. On today's show: Syngenta's Marijke Van Andel talks herbicide resistance; Issues Panel - Matthew Pot of Grain Perspectives and Peter Gredig of PNG Farms and AgNition join Shaun to talk: weather (you gotta); the Bank of Canada's statement; technology trends... Read More
Host Peter Johnson brings us highlights and learnings all the way from Zambia in this episode of Wheat Pete's Word. Then: a rant on "first-world problems"; a grain market alert; seeding clover into wheat; and more. Have a question you’d like Johnson to address? Or some yield results to send in? Leave him a message... Read More
Time away from the farm is important for so many reasons, even if it can be a challenge to make it work. Whether it's continuing your education, getting some much needed downtime, or speaking up for changes to your sector, there's a whole other world away from the farm that can offer real value back,... Read More
Case IH is expanding its 4400 Series corn header line-up with a new lightweight, narrow-row header designed to help farmers pick cleaner, harvest faster, and improve handling of down corn. The new models have been completely redesigned — from the row unit and frame, to the gear box and power drive — to meet the... Read More
Kelvin Heppner is digging out from Manitoba's much-desired blanket of snow today. But not without taking a break to sit in the host chair. Today's episode of the show covers: Top Ag News; Spring nitrogen planning with Rigas Karamanos, senior agronomist with Koch Agronomic Services; Trade deficits and the North American Free Trade Agreement with... Read More