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.



Retro pens and ink. Photo: Lee Hart

I wrote this column myself — or did I?

It’s getting harder to tell what is real or AI generated

Reading Time: 5 minutes It is getting harder to determine what is real and what is AI generated these days, but AI still has a place in the industry

Cattle feeding at Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alta., in October 2025.

Livestock movement scanner looks for proving ground

Canadian Cattle Identification Agency looking for ranchers to test RFID ‘wand’ technology, meant to make traceability easier in the lead up to incoming regulations

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Canadian Cattle Identification Agency (CCIA) will test new technology intended to simplify the recording of animal movements, linked to proposed federal livestock traceability regulations.



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.




Health Canada had previously decided that gene edited crops are safe, so, in most cases they will be treated the same as crops developed through traditional plant breeding methods.  Photo: File

CFIA declares gene editing safe for livestock feed

Glacier FarmMedia – Leaders in Canada’s grain industry are praising the Canadian Food Inspection Agency for confirming gene edited crops are safe to use as livestock feed. Today, the Canola Council of Canada, the Canada Grains Council and Cereals Canada “applauded” the CFIA for its new guidance on gene editing. “This is a ground-breaking day […] Read more