Solinftec — an agricultural digitalization company that brings technology and innovation to agricultural operations around the world — is announcing it’s established operations in Canada. To lead its expansion effort in Canada, Solinftec named Leonardo Carvalho as head of business development for Canadian operations, at Saskatoon, Sask. Carvalho says they are very excited to being… Read More
Croptimistic Technology, based at Naicam, Sask., has been awarded a U.S. patent for their proprietary SWAT Box technology. The SWAT Box is an autonomous soil electrical conductivity and elevation mapping hardware system. It collects the data used to create SWAT maps, a variable rate zone management system. “Our team was successful in developing an easy-to-use… Read More
Health Canada has opened consultations on how Canada regulates plants with novel traits, including those produced through gene editing technology, such as CRISPR-Cas9. The 60-day consultation kicked off March 25th, and grain industry leaders are pushing for all those in the value chain to weigh in on the importance of the modernization of the regulations…. Read More
Canadians’ reliance on technology and systems for essential services, including in the agriculture sector, require constant innovation and vigilance in cyber security. Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair has announced $500,000 over four years to the Community Safety Knowledge Alliance for their Cyber Security Capacity in Canadian Agriculture project. The funding is… Read More
The University of Alberta (U of A) is announcing a five-year partnership with TELUS to establish a 5G “Living Lab” that will contribute to a pipeline of new research and technology with commercial applications. A $15 million investment from TELUS will provide 5G infrastructure that will allow both organizations to advance research and technology for… Read More
Pontus Protein Ltd., a Vancouver-based company founded in 2018, will be using an aquaponics system to grow water lentils as a source of plant-based protein. Water lentils, which are a part of the duckweed plant family, will be grown in a network of proprietary closed environment vertical aquaponics system farms, utilizing artificial intelligence, to produce… Read More
How did one tweet change an entire conversation surrounding butter in this country? What role did social media play in this thing called #buttergate? What can we, as an industry, learn from one consumer-facing issue that literally went around the world? Guest host Lyndsey Smith is joined by digital media strategist Christina Crowley-Arklie for today’s… Read More
BASF Digital Farming (BASF) has signed an agreement with AGvisorPRO to provide farmers with expanded access to local, accredited agronomic advisors, after identifying in-field problems using the xarvio SCOUTING application (app). The addition of AGvisorPRO advisors will complement BASF’s customer support program which includes BASF sales representatives, the BASF AgSolutions Customer Care team, and local… Read More
Lakeland College’s “Leading, Learning, The Lakeland Campaign,“ is seeing a significant amount of support for programming and research initiatives focused on agriculture technology. MNP — a national accounting, tax, and business consulting firm for Canadian agriculture — has donated $90,000 to the program, which will help fund equipment for the Agriculture Technology Centre at the Vermillion… Read More
It’s been a few years since DOT, the autonomous farm robot now owned by Raven Industries, made waves in the ag industry. Now that it’s had a chance to run, how does it fare in the field? Daniel Stefner, fourth year Bachelor of Applied Science agribusiness major student at Olds College, recently joined Shaun Haney… Read More
Alison Sunstrum was pushing for interconnectivity of farm data long before the internet was even commonplace. It’s that kind of foresight that has pushed Sunstrum to grow not only her own businesses, but also to act as mentor — and sometimes funder and partner — to several other upstarts and innovators in agriculture. In this… Read More
John Deere’s new See & Spray Select technology will give farmers the ability to identify weeds, spot spray herbicide, and reduce non-residual, pre-emergent herbicide use by 77 per cent, the company says. Deere officially launched the commercial sale of the technology today during the annual Commodity Classic. It will be available on the company’s 400… Read More
Ontario-based digital agriculture service provider Deveron Corp. has acquired Farm Dog, a farm data company based in California that helps farmers and agronomists organize and leverage field information. Founded by Liron Brish in 2015 as an in-field scouting app, Farm Dog has more than 4,000 clients representing over 2 million acres, according to a news… Read More
Need a certain wrench in the middle of a field? Call a drone. Lost a shear pin? Call a drone. Finished your lunch in the cab and it’s only 10 am? Call a drone. Or more likely, just open the app or your phone’s virtual assistant and order that second lunch. Okay, it may be… Read More
Farmers Edge is preparing to become a publicly-traded company. The Canadian digital agriculture business, which was co-founded by CEO Wade Barnes at Pilot Mound, Man. 16 years ago, has submitted a preliminary prospectus with authorities in each Canadian province and territory, and received a receipt for an initial public offering. In the prospectus, the company estimates… Read More
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