Reading Time: 5 minutes The big players in the machinery market keep adding pieces towards autonomous vehicles for farming, but how far away is a final product?
The long march to autonomy
The big players in the machinery market keep adding pieces, but how far away is a final product?
Best tactics for dairy calf diarrhea
Scours in young livestock costs Canadian farmers big bucks. Fluids, managed antibiotics and anti-inflammatories help animals recover faster
Reading Time: 3 minutes Calf diarrhea costs Canada’s dairy farmers big bucks. Fluids, managed antibiotics and treating with anti-inflammatories help animals recover faster.
At Agritechnica, farm power options get more diverse
New engines that are being built for flexible fuel use and diesel-electric systems are making their way into agriculture
Reading Time: 5 minutes At Agritechnica 2025 companies showed growing diversity in agriculture machinery powertrains, including lots of talk about diesel-electric hybrid systems, especially from Zoomlion.
Still hard to predict precise fertilizer payback
Despite decades of precision agriculture advances, international research finds no clear way to predict where and when adding nutrient through fertilizer will fail to boost growth
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite decades of precision agriculture advances, international research finds no clear way to predict where and when adding nutrient through fertilizer will fail to boost growth.
Moo translator and methane measures: There’s an app for that
Canadian farmers can access two new app-based dairy farm tools from Dalhousie University: One analyzes cattle sounds, another promises farm-specific methane measurements
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dalhousie University researchers use artificial intelligence to create new dairy farm apps that analyze cattle sounds and measure methane.
More Canadian companies at Agritechnica 2025
A record number of Canadian agriculture machinery and tech companies are at Agritechnica 2025, with exporters being more aggresive looking for new markets.
Ag tech success potential improved with farmer connections
Ag tech company success is more likely when they connect with farmers to pilot test their potential products.
British company Antler Bio brings epigenetics to dairy farms
Blood tests help tie how management is meeting the genetic potential of the animals
British company Antler Bio is bringing epigenetics to dairy farms using blood tests help tie how management is meeting the genetic potential of the animals.
Senft to step down as CEO of Seeds Canada
The founding CEO of the five-year-old organization will stay on until January 2026
Barry Senft, the founding CEO of the five-year-old Seeds Canada organization is stepping down as of January 2026.
Drought drives stored feed, byproduct use in cow-calf herds
Total mixed ration mixers help make some byproducts more palatable
Reading Time: 3 minutes The lingering drought in parts of the Prairies is changing the way some beef producers feed their cows.
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