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- Agri Spray Drones expands into the Canadian marketby Alexis Kienlen on April 26, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Agri Spray Drones was founded in 2020 as a distributor for spray drones, providing sales, service, support, knowledge, education and research.
- Good management promotes mineral intake in beef cowsby Peter Vitti on April 26, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Managing the mineral and vitamin requirements of beef cattle to meet their nutritional needs requires a good deal of effort.
- Farmers can benefit through use of ‘digital twin’ databy Leeann Minogue on April 26, 2026 at 1:30 pm
The most straightforward digital twins are models of relatively small, closed systems. At the Nutrien Centre for Sustainable and Digital Agriculture researchers, led by centre director and agronomy professor Dr. Steve Shirtliffe, have digitally twinned the entire western Canadian agroecosystem — 14 million acres of farmland. The digital twin, known as the Geospatial Agroecosystem Inference Read more
- Digital twin technology takes farm video games to realityby Leeann Minogue on April 25, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Digital twin technology is taking farming to a whole new level of business management.
- When hackers hit the barnby Meghan Mackenzie Bell on April 25, 2026 at 6:30 pm
Automation brings efficiency to Canadian agriculture, but also new vulnerabilities. Here’s how Canadian farmers can protect their operations from cyberattacks.