From Agri-Trade to Agritechnica, Red Deer to Hanover, farm show season has started. This week’s TWORA podcast takes us to Germany for the world’s largest farm equipment show, along with the latest news highlights: Agri-Trend’s sale to Trimble, All-Tech acquiring Masterfeeds, the launch of the “International Year of Pulses” and more: Subscribe: iTunes | Android... Read More
Category: Western Canada
The Canadian Dairy XPO and Dairy Farmers of Canada are teaming up to encourage producers to embrace the Blue Cow symbol to show support for their industry. The Blue Cow Spirit Campaign will see gate admission to the CDX reduced to $15 and producers attending the show will be encouraged to wear Canadian Milk’s Blue... Read More
The 2015 growing season is not only in the books, it's also up on YouTube. Thanks to UAVs, GoPro cameras and simple film-editing software, it's become easier to capture breathtaking visuals from each growing season. So whether you're dreaming of getting back into the field as the snow starts to fly, curious what kind of... Read More
In recognition of Remembrance Day,this podcast explores the role Canadian agriculture played in World War I and World War II, with an emphasis on prairie agriculture, and how farms were impacted by conscription, rations and a drive to produce. The voices you'll hear are those of your host, Debra Murphy; historian and assistant professor, Eric... Read More
Keeping the farmyard manicured and tidy is not an easy proposition. A German company, Power Pac has a solution to help you keep that farm-yard looking like Hyde Park. May we present to you the battery-powered wheel barrow. Yes battery-powered. With wheel and track options, this product was one that caught the eye of Shaun... Read More
We have seen many cool and unusual things at Agritechnica but the McCormick tractor display possibly takes the cake. What says X8 tractor series launch like ninja cats on stilts? In an effort to show off McCormicks focus on innovation, technology and design, the company has two futuristic ninja robot-like cats on stilts performing in... Read More
It's that time of year when commodity organizations are holding district meetings and director elections. Farm group leaders and staff are always looking for new ways to get farmers out and to boost participation in the process of deciding how check-off dollars should be spent, including the process of deciding who should sit on their... Read More
A farm consulting company that grew from one person in Red Deer, Alberta 17 years ago to a network of over 200 specialists today has been sold to one of the heavyweights in the precision agriculture and geospatial business, as Trimble announced Tuesday it is buying all the assets of Agri-Trend. Agri-Trend’s network includes more... Read More
Alltech and Masterfeeds today announced that they have entered into a share purchase, where Alltech will acquire 100 percent of Masterfeeds Inc's outstanding shares from Ag Processing Inc. The combined company will see over $2.1 billion in annual revenues and "become one of Canada's largest animal nutrition offerings." "This is a crucial time in agriculture,... Read More
Not all booths at Agritechnica provide the most highly technical of products. Sometime innovation comes from the simplest of ideas. Fortschritt introduced RealAgriculture's Shaun Haney and Jason Stroeve to the Silage Compactor at the Agritechnica show in Hannover, Germany. One of the interesting features of this product is the packers look and feel like train... Read More