The Western Producer

AI offers great promise for efficient food production but more work needs to be done before it can be left unsupervised.

Farmers from western Saskatchewan developed a system that improves overall pass efficiency for producers, writes Ron Lyseng at The Western Producer. The pair knew they needed the tools and setting up the work manually wouldn’t cut it. Launch Pad is...

Extra funding has been made available to expand an autonomous arable farming project in the United Kingdom, reports Chris Mccullough or The Western Producer.  Initially launched in 2016 by Harper Adams University and Precision Decisions, the Hands Free Hectare project...

Drone sprayers have been used in Pacific Rim agriculture for more than two decades, and they gained California certification four years ago. But do they have potential beyond the orchard gate? Probably not, at least not in the foreseeable future,...

Coming up May 3 in Winnipeg, the Western Drone Show is expected to provide an opportunity for farmers, researchers, agronomists, students, teachers and industry to learn about the latest developments in drone technology and new federal regulations, writes Ron...