Building smart barns for smart farms - Manitoba Co-operator
Nov 14, 2024 · That simple request involves a lot of data. In a pig barn, it could include analyzing pictures (one system highlighted by Glacier FarmMedia earlier this year, for example, records pig weights via images captured with a 3D camera), recording their sounds and monitoring their movement. “When we put all that information together, it ought to give the system enough information to make a decision ...
Beef and dairy groups give a thumbs-up to Bovaer
Feb 23, 2024 · Bovaer is a powdered supplement that cattle feeders and dairy producers can mix with feed. The developers, Switzerland-based dsm-firmenich, claim it can reduce methane emissions in beef cattle by an average of 45 per cent, and by 30 per cent in dairy cattle.. According to the company, it can also improve feed-to-gain ratio by three to five per cent and lower the greenhouse gas footprint per ...
ICE canola futures jump on speculative buying
Dec 24, 2024 · ICE canola futures rose on speculative buying triggered by renewed commercial interest on Tuesday, traders said. Most-traded March canola RSH5 settled up $8 per metric ton at $619.80 (all figures throughout in Canadian dollars).
Major Arctic char fish farm coming to Manitoba
Sep 23, 2024 · Canada’s largest aquaculture farm growing Arctic char is coming to the RM of Rockwood north of Winnipeg.. Saphire Springs Inc.’s aquaculture and fish processing facility will take over the former Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ experimental fish hatchery.
On-farm research gives local canola insights for 2024
Jan 7, 2025 · Results from the association’s 2024 on-farm research suggests that increasing nitrogen rates, at least last year, might not have boosted canola yields and that adjusting seeding rates based on plant populations can significantly improve efficiency and profitability.
Biodiversity tool maps ecosystem services - Manitoba Co-operator
Sep 10, 2024 · The data comes courtesy of a new tool in the organization’s conservation toolbox. The Prairie Biodiversity Mapping and Assessment computer program features an interactive map that displays biodiversity by area, along with a module that predicts how changes to those biodiversity levels would affect the landscape.
Porcus Optimus promises low-labour pig weighing
Nov 21, 2024 · Pigs run through the weighing station during an Oct. 31 demonstration at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre near Glenlea. photo: Geralyn Wichers Franςois (Frank) Decarie, one of the research partners developing a new low-labour weighing method for livestock, leans over a table beside the stations.
The less obvious benefits to preg-checking your cattle herd
Nov 18, 2024 · According to the 2022-23 Canadian Cow-Calf Survey, 64 per cent preg-check their cows and 68 per cent do the same for heifers. That leaves more than 30 per cent who don’t check and there are several reasons why they should, says a veterinarian from Fairview, Alta.
Feeding canola to fish - Manitoba Co-operator
Jan 2, 2025 · A new project out of Alberta could link two distant sub-sectors of agriculture: aquaculture and canola processing. Manitoba Ag Days 2025 is returning to Brandon Jan. 21-23 with new technology, new farm innovations, a new slate of expert speakers and more. The two-year research project will test ...
AAC Westking vies for wheat crown - Manitoba Co-operator
Sep 4, 2024 · One of the most widely-grown Canadian Western Red Spring wheats in Western Canada for the past nine years, Brandon first hit the seed market in 2014 and quickly became a farmer favourite, said SeCan western business manager Todd Hyra.