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 ...
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.
U.S. biofuel facility to go up within stone’s throw of Manitoba border
Nov 21, 2024 · DG Fuels, a U.S.-owned sustainable aviation fuel company (SAF), has chosen Moorhead, Minnesota — about a two-hour drive from the Manitoba border — for its new production facility.
Manitoba yields exceed expectations - Manitoba Co-operator
Oct 13, 2024 · Then September came in warm, with a large number of days hitting 30 C.That would have helped the crop mature. Above forecast . Soybeans are just one crop coming in higher than the StatCan forecasts. According to the Oct. 8 provincial crop report, barley yields are between 80 and 120 bu./acre, while the StatCan model predicted 70.1.
Farm women face old challenges - Manitoba Co-operator
Nov 15, 2024 · Farm women’s contributions are more recongized than past decades, but women still face challenges, exclusion and bias in the agriculture sector, according to Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture Summit panelists.
The surprising snowfall data - Manitoba Co-operator
Nov 21, 2024 · Are you surprised by how low the probabilities are? When I crunched the numbers over 20 years ago, I was taken aback at how low they were. While you can see there is variation between stations, they are statistically close, ranging from two per cent to about a five per cent chance in any given month.
Canola futures market climbs higher - Manitoba Co-operator
Oct 7, 2024 · Many technical indicators turned bullish less than a month after the market traded at its weakest levels since 2020. The lows appear to be in for now but, after moving $80 off those lows, there may not be much room to the upside.
Pork industry asked for take on pig code of practice
Nov 22, 2024 · A happy pig is more productive. New research suggests that providing pig with enrichment in the barn can lead to healthier and happier pigs and save money through reduced veterinary costs and greater daily gains.
VIDEO: Is the end of the wild pig presence in Manitoba achievable?
Nov 18, 2024 · Wayne Lees with Squeal On Pigs Manitoba takes the threat of wild pigs in Manitoba seriously and can see a time when the invasive species’ presence becomes a page in history. But what will it take? In this series of videos from inside Spruce Woods Park, Lees talks about the three-pronged threat that wild pigs pose in the province, research being done to detect wild pig DNA in water samples ...
FEATURE STORY: Can we breed wild pigs to extinction?
Nov 14, 2024 · Gene editing could help solve Canada’s invasive wild pig problem. Researchers at the University of Guelph suggest deliberate genetic change could produce sterile offspring in the species, who is infamous for environmental and agricultural damage.