Reading Time: 4 minutes Dalhousie University researchers use artificial intelligence to create new dairy farm apps that analyze cattle sounds and measure methane.
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
RDAR continues to become more relevant and useful to producers five years after its inception
Over two million acres in Alberta are in RDAR’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund projects
Reading Time: 5 minutes RDAR has already amassed a strong resume five years after its inception.
Wet grain, Russian attacks on railways hit Ukrainian corn exports, union says
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High grain moisture content and logistical woes caused by Russian attacks have slashed Ukraine’s corn exports from Black Sea ports in November and may do so again in December, farmers’ union UAC said on Tuesday.
Alberta agriculture minister faces recall petition
Nine recall petitions have been approved, including four for cabinet ministers
Reading Time: 2 minutes The number of approved recall petitions has risen to nine for Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus after Monday’s confirmation to Alberta’s chief electoral officer.
Feds pause update on food from cloned livestock
Health Canada has indefinitely suspended a proposed update to the novel food policy governing foods derived from cloned cattle and swine, as well as their progeny.
AAFC makes few changes to November S/D report
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made only a handful of alterations for its November report on principal field crops. The only changes AAFC made were with all wheat and durum exports plus domestic use for all wheat and corn in the estimates released on Nov. 24. The report had been initially scheduled for Nov. 19, but AAFC said they chose to delay it until after the United States Department of Agriculture issued its November supply and demand estimates following the U.S. government shutdown.
CFIA launches ‘ePhyto’ certificates for Mexico-bound grains
New electronic phytosanitary export certificates will smooth the flow of Canadian grain and grain products to Mexico, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Monday.
Washington State resident dies in first confirmed H5N5 bird flu case, health department says
A Washington State resident receiving treatment for H5N5 avian influenza died on Friday, the state’s health department said, in the first confirmed human case of this variant globally.
Milk transportation requires intricate logistics
As demand is expected to increase in future years, Alberta Milk is looking to the logistical challenges in transporting product in Western Canada
Reading Time: 3 minutes Alberta Milk explains transportation system in Western Canada which sees millions of litres cross borders
Grain farming’s hard times expected to continue
Producers told to expect probably two more crop years of losses before they once again break even in 2027-28
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rabobank says it will be two more years before North American grain farmers achieve break-even due to “monster” supplies and “sticky” crop input prices.
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