Features

On-farm emergencies

HAVE A PLAN FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

December 2018 0

NO ONE CAN ever really prepare for an emergency. The cause, scale, and impact are unpredictable, especially on a farm where emergencies or accidents can include anything from barn fires or tractor roll overs, to [Read more]

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The consequences of new technology

MORE TRAINING NEEDED

December 2018 0

DIGITAL DATA-GATHERING technologies in agriculture, often referred to as precision agriculture, are becoming widely used across Ontario farms to monitor crop yields and they can have significant benefits when used to their full potential. But, [Read more]

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Always read the data contract

NEW TECHNOLOGY’S LEGAL ISSUES

December 2018 0

FARMERS ARE INCREASINGLY trying to improve productivity and profitability with farm management software systems. Those systems generate vast quantities of data about the farms on which they’re used, however, who owns and has rights to [Read more]

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Artificial intelligence

USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP WITH SCOUTING

December 2018 0

EDUCATION IN AGRICULTURE from an early age and stressing the importance and need for careers in agriculture has been a theme within the industry for years. Both ring true — educating young people in agriculture [Read more]

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Growing a new brand

BREVANT SEEDS

December 2018 0

A NEW SEED brand is on the market with a streamlined product offering that is more closely tailored to the region in which the crops are grown. “Farmers won’t have to worry about nuances around [Read more]

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Charging up

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ELECTRIC TRACTORS

December 2018 0

“IMAGINE A FARM where electric agricultural vehicles, some autonomous, some conventional, are connected to charging points in large solar PV equipped ‘carport-style’ machinery sheds, earning additional income from so-called ‘vehicle-to-grid’ network balancing services while they [Read more]

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Farmer’s voice missing

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO RESEARCH

December 2018 0

FROM LONG-RANGE climate forecasts and GIS crop production models to satellite pest control and precision agriculture drones, Digital Farming, often in the form of Big Data and Information Communication Technology, is permeating Canadian food systems [Read more]

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Glyphosate-resistant Canada fleabane

MANAGEMENT WITH COVER CROPS AND TILLAGE

December 2018 0

DR. CLARENCE SWANTON (University of Guelph) used to say that based on research he did in the 1980s, one should not expect to control weeds with cover crops. Their utility was in preventing soil erosion [Read more]

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P and K management

FINDING AN ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE STRATEGY

December 2018 0

SOIL TEST PHOSPHORUS (P) and Potassium (K) values in Ontario have been declining. Higher yields remove more nutrients and not enough fertilizer is being applied to replace the P and K being removed. Soybean yields [Read more]

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From the CEO’s desk

  • A toxic issue

    December 2018 0
    DON, ONE TYPE of Vomitoxin in corn, seems to be one of those lingering problems that, despite our best efforts, we can’t find a solution for. It’s been another challenging year for grain farmers in [Read more]

GrainTALK Update

Cropside

Business Side

  • Business side: No trespassing

    December 2018 0
    (J.M) HOW CAN FARMERS PREVENT TRESPASSERS ON THEIR PROPERTY? (K.S.) Whether intentional or not, trespassing occurs across rural Ontario. Simply defined, trespassing is the unlawful entry onto private property of another and can include conducting [Read more]

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