Veterinarian Dr. Shari van de Pol and her team at Cattleytics are redefining how AI is used in dairy production. No, van de Pol doesn’t have any plans to reconceive artificial insemination, but her agricultural technology firm is tapping into the power of artificial intelligence to enhance the dairy management services it delivers to dairy… Read More
Category: Farm Management
Planning without numbers is like flying blind, and farm transition planning is no different. Before going too far in the farm succession or continuation process, it’s critical to understand the value of the farm asset as that figure sets the stage for the rest of the process. According to Derryn Shrosbree, CEO of 33seven Continuity… Read More
In this episode of The Truth About Ag, Evan Shout and Kristjan Hebert sit down with Kent Fraser, vice president at Stratus Ag Research, to unpack the results of a collaborative survey between the Hebert Group and Stratus. What are 417 farmers—each with operations generating over $1 million in revenue—thinking as they head into the… Read More
In this 26th episode of The Truth About Ag, Evan Shout sits down with Shaun Haney, founder of RealAgriculture, to talk about the journey that took him from small-town Alberta to becoming one of the most trusted voices in Canadian ag media. Shaun opens up about his early days growing up in Picture Butte, how… Read More
It’s a long way from official, but a pre-election promise to boost AgriStability payout limits and speed-up payments could go forward to help farmers deal with tariff impacts. AJ Gill, national leader of ag risk management resources for MNP, says that it is definitely possible the increased cap and larger interim payment for the 2025… Read More
“It’s literally costing me money now to seed canola… $200,000 that…[we] lost off of our canola, just like that, just due to the tariffs.” This is the message that Christi Friesen of Rebellion Farms based out of Brownvale, Alta., wanted to get across to Premiere Danielle Smith in a recent post on X (see below)…. Read More
The average value of Canadian farmland continued to climb in 2024, increasing by 9.3 per cent, less than the 11.5 per cent increase reported in 2023, according to the 2024 FCC Farmland Values Report. “The limited supply of farmland available for sale combined with lower borrowing costs resulted in an increase in the average price… Read More
Canadians have made it clear in recent days that they are looking to purchase Canadian-made products and support Canadian businesses. To this end, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is emphasizing the importance of accurate “Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” labels on food products. After seeing an increase in complaints related to origin… Read More
Agriculture has been a tough business over the last couple of years in Western Canada, and Leigh Dudley, regional director for Canada west at FBN, doesn’t foresee that changing in 2025. In this report from the Crop Production Show in Saskatoon, Sask., Dudley and RealAgriculture’s Amber Bell discuss the impact that tariffs, commodity markets and… Read More
Risk management is by no means a new concept for farmers and people working in agriculture, but as farms become digital operations, cyber security has become a critical area of risk management. Digital business assets should be identified and protected the same way a rancher protects livestock from coyotes sniffing along the fence, says agri-food… Read More