When it comes to machinery shops, most farmers like to build them in their yard from the ground up. But farmers are also innovators and some just can’t resist looking for alternative ways to get the job done. That’s certainly the case for Dresden, Ont., grain farmer Mark Richards who in 2015 came up with… Read More
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Thanks for tuning in to this “Tuesdays with Lyndsey” edition of RealAg Radio, brought to you by AgSmart Expo at Olds College! On this episode, we will hear from Dr. Reynold Bergen with the Beef Cattle Research Council on managing for antimicrobial resistance. We will also hear a clip from a recent canola school on… Read More
Is it efficient to use autonomous vehicle in row crop agriculture in southwestern Ontario? That’s a question cash crop farmer Mark Richards is wrestling with on his Dresden, Ont. farm. In 2022, he used a solar-powered FarmDroid robot to plant sugar beets. That machine found it challenging to adapt to the widespread use of strip… Read More