The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has given the green light to SpaceX’s plan for providing high-speed internet to areas with poor service using low Earth orbit satellites. SpaceX is the space exploration and satellite company owned by Elon Musk, who is also the CEO of Tesla. SpaceX has received plenty of attention for… Read More
Argentina’s ministry of agriculture has granted approval of a genetically modified trait for wheat. Bioceres announced on Thursday that its HB4 wheat “event” has been approved for growth and consumption, making Argentina the first country to approve HB4 drought tolerance technology for wheat. The regulatory clearance follows the approval of HB4 soybean, which has been… Read More
A Guelph-based company has launched Farm Health Guardian, a real-time disease mitigation technology platform for pork and poultry producers. Brought to market by Be Seen Be Safe Ltd., the system accurately and quickly tracks and shuts down disease spread within minutes of the first report of disease symptoms, the company says. The Farm Health Guardian… Read More
How will a short stature corn benefit not only farmers in the highest corn-yielding state in Mexico, but also across the world? A recent session of the Future of Farming Dialogue series, hosted by Bayer, focused on the VITALA short stature corn (SSC) system, bred with shorter stalks and a lower ear height, and is… Read More
Rural internet is a major topic of concern and is of interest for rural Canadians. There are reasons to be optimistic about rural internet connectivity, and an article in The Globe and Mail this week, titled “Internet everywhere, but at a cost: The race for the low-Earth satellite market,” highlights how new satellite networks could… Read More
The Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is launching a rural connectivity task force that will investigate the barriers to, and opportunities for, better internet and cellular service in rural Saskatchewan. The task force will operate from September of this year to January of 2021, and will be led by agricultural producers from across the… Read More
How much field-level data is enough and how much is too much? In a time when we can measure so many things, how do we make sure what we’re measuring is accurate and useful? In this RealAg LIVE! host Shaun Haney is joined by Marvin Talsma, with Climate Fieldview, to discuss setting up your precision… Read More
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
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
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