Does your Internet connection measure up to what the company claims it offers? According to a new report by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the "vast majority" of participating Canadian Internet service providers (ISPs) met or exceeded the maximum download and upload speeds they advertise. The report, using data collected last October, measured... Read More
Category: Technology
Farm machinery and practices have advanced at an amazing rate over the last one hundred years. Whether it was the move from steel wheels to rubber, the increase in implement width, or the advent of digital technology, farming has changed significantly since many of our families immigrated to Canada many years ago. Just how much... Read More
Protein Industries Canada (PIC) has announced a new project that will develop crop varieties to meet demand for plant-based proteins using novel artificial intelligence (AI) and data trust tools. A partnership between Sightline Innovation, DL Seeds, and SeedNet, will utilize lead-edge AI and data trust tools to optimize current plant breeding processes. The objective of... Read More
Welcome back to the LIVE! segment, featuring an interactive 30+ minutes of the latest and greatest on any number of topics. To kick off this week's line up, host Shaun Haney is joined by Shane Thomas, with Farmer's Edge, to talk about all things precision ag adoption, venture cap investments, see-and-spray technology and much more.... Read More
Intellectual power required to optimize many on-farm decisions has moved beyond human capacity, which is quite the statement. Even the smartest farmer can only "scale-up" their thinking to a certain extent when they're handling large acres. At some point, that farmer will have to make so many complex and nuanced decisions that other tools will... Read More
A U.S. appeals court has upheld an earlier court ruling in favour of Farmobile in the legal battle with Farmers Edge over which precision agriculture company can use certain technology for gathering farm machinery data. On Monday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the founders of Kansas-based Farmobile, affirming a U.S. District Court... Read More
Grain corn acres in Western Canada this year might be down, but there's potential for some big yields, assuming the crop can avoid late season pitfalls. "For growers who held onto those acres, they're going to be rewarded, no doubt. Grain corn crops here in southern Manitoba look especially strong," says Alana Serhan, market development... Read More
Finding soil fertility recommendations for different crops can be time-consuming and hard to pin down. A new app that is simple and quick to use provides tremendous value by bringing soil fertility recommendations for different crops — both field and vegetable — all to one place. "In terms of the Soil Test Manager app, it's... Read More
In the broad category of precision agriculture, Climate FieldView is one of the main platforms available. In this RealAg LIVE!, host Shaun Haney speaks with Denise Hockaday, climate lead from FieldView Canada, about the software that allows farmers to analyze their farm data virtually anywhere with the handy Climate FieldView app. Don’t miss RealAg LIVE!... Read More
Agriculture is full of unpredictable events — weather, markets, even a pandemic. How can a planning tool be useful when there are so many factors outside of farmers' control? Chris Vanthuyne, a senior product owner with AgExpert at Farm Credit Canada, says that even when there’s uncertainty, key farming decisions still have to happen in... Read More