Kashfia Sailunaz, a member of Dalhousie’s Mooanalytica Research Group, records cow vocalizations at Sussex Dairy Farm using a field microphone and recorder setup to capture the animals’ emotional expressions. Photo: Suresh Neethirajan, Dalhousie University

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.

photo: Ole, johnhseo, shotbydave, Ondřej Pros/istock/getty images

Digital age farmers need truth sleuth mindset

It has never been easier to fake information. Farmers today must be able to sort quality knowledge from misinformation and disinformation

Reading Time: 6 minutes Misinformation and disinformation are enjoying a surge in the age of the internet. Experts say agriculture and farmers shouldn’t take that threat lightly.



Root is a free generative AI tool custom-made for the Canadian agriculture and food industry.

New AI tool provides farmer support 24/7

RDAR, FCC team up to offer free generative AI tool Root

Reading Time: < 1 minute Research Driven Agriculture Research (RDAR) has teamed up with Farm Credit Canada (FCC) to provide Canadian producers with access to the FCC-built free generative AI tool called Root.





Yaogeng Lei (left) holds the imPulse Una scanner to check for sheep pregnancy with the help of Alison Neale, research associate with the Technology Access Centre for Livestock Production at Olds College.

Artificial intelligence powers sheep pregnancy and parasite detection tool

Technology being tested at Olds College could offer sheep producers an alternative to ultrasound that they could use themselves to preg-check ewes or detect parasites

Reading Time: 4 minutes New sonic AI technology could give sheep farmers an alternative to ultrasound that they could use themselves to check ewes for pregnancy or detect dangerous parasites.




The Stratus AirSprayer is essentially a powered paraglider — one that can carry heavier loads and stay aloft much longer than conventional drones. Photo: Supplied

The latest in aerial spraying: paragliders

The Stratus AirSprayer is different than the quadcopters and fixed-wing UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) typically associated with ag drones. Essentially, it’s a powered paraglider — one that can carry heavier loads and stay aloft much longer than conventional drones.