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.

Annelida Soil Solutions has a 90,000-sq.-foot facility in Nisku, that has about 80 million worms that collectively weigh about 36,000 kilograms. They live in one-metre-deep worm beds that are 24 metres long by 2.4 metres wide and are vertically stacked like bunk beds up to several stories high.

Alberta company deploys worm army to improve soils

Annelida Soil Solutions won an innovation award for its soil amendment based on worm castings

Reading Time: 4 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – An Alberta company wants to turn poop from about 80 million worms into a natural superfood for the soil. “Essentially, what we’re doing is using Mother Nature and creating a soil microbiome through our technology,” said Jamie DePape, co-founder and director of sales for Annelida Soil Solutions Ltd. “And it might sound […] Read more