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• SwineTech, MetaFarms and Jyga Technologies launch Modern Tech Stack

  20-01-2025 12:07 via farms.com
  The swine industry is entering a new era of technological innovation with the introduction of the “Modern Tech Stack,” a collaborative and integrated approach to farm management that maximizes efficiency, productivity and animal welfare. At the forefront of this movement are SwineTech’s PigFlow, MetaFarms’ data management and Jyga Technologies’s VISION feed management software. Together, these systems represent a pivotal step forward in the evolution of farm technol
  
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• Farm tractor struts its stuff on F1 track

  16-10-2026 16:19 via farms.com
  A Valtra T236 reached 54 mph at the Red Bull Ring in Austria
  
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• Alberta Grains ending FarmCash program

  16-10-2026 15:07 via farms.com
  Alberta Grains is winding down a cash advance program that’s been around almost a decade
  
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• Bunge Celebrates World Food Day Fighting Hunger

  16-10-2026 14:33 via farms.com
  To celebrate World Food Day, Bunge Global SA employees are volunteering across 24 countries with local partners to help improve food access and support global food security.
  
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• Researchers call for national ag cybersecurity consortium

  16-10-2026 14:29 via farms.com
  The recommendation comes after workshops with more than 150 stakeholders
  
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• AGCO Invests in Next-Generation Farm Technologies

  16-10-2026 14:05 via farms.com
  AGCO CEO Eric Hansotia highlights how precision tech and AI are driving agricultural innovation to boost farmer efficiency amid growing global demand for food and biofuels.
  
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• Diploid Potato Breeding May Improve Yield and Storage

  16-10-2026 13:54 via farms.com
  AAFC researchers have found that diploid potatoes offer improved genetics, high yields, and disease resistance, providing a resilient alternative for Canadian potato growers.
  
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• John Deere Expands Tools for 45Z Carbon Credit Programs

  16-10-2026 13:30 via farms.com
  John Deere is helping farmers leverage the 45Z tax credit program by using Operations Center data to track sustainable practices and earn revenue from low-carbon biofuel feedstocks.
  
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• Boosting soybean protein: The essential role of zinc and sulfur in sustainable crop production

  16-10-2026 13:11 via farms.com
  Soybean is a critical element of the global food supply: Between its use for animal feed and human consumption, it accounts for roughly two-thirds of plant-based protein meal output world-wide. Canada is a global leader in sustainable soybean production, with 70% of its crop, one of the country’s top three by value, exported annually.According to Brazilian scientist Gabriel Montanha, soy production has “exploded” in recent decades to meet demand – but there hasn’t b
  
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• New insights into lung health risk for female farmers

  16-10-2026 13:09 via farms.com
  Exposure to a mix of common airborne agricultural contaminants could lead to lung effects in females, a new University of Saskatchewan (USask) study has uncovered.Farmers are exposed daily to a variety of potential contaminants such as endotoxins (substances associated with certain bacteria) in dust, which are well-known to trigger lung inflammation and asthma. However, how endotoxins specifically impact women’s health is not well understood, particularly when there is also exposure to a h
  
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• Wet harvest? Protect Stored Cereals from OTA

  16-10-2026 13:08 via farms.com
  Wet harvest conditions across parts of the Prairies have put added focus on how cereal grain is managed in storage. Cool, wet weather has slowed harvest progress in some areas, with reports of tough cereals and grain quality concerns. For growers bringing grain off at higher moisture levels, careful drying, cooling and monitoring will be especially important this fall.Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin that can develop in stored cereal grain when moisture and temperature conditions are favourable
  
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• Buffalo Pound Dam Upgrades Support Reliable Water Supplies for Saskatchewan Communities and Industry

  16-10-2026 13:07 via farms.com
  Today, the Minister Responsible for the Water Security Agency (WSA) David Marit joined stakeholders to mark significant progress on the $12 million Buffalo Pound Dam upgrades. Major rehabilitation work has been completed, and key infrastructure improvements are nearing completion, strengthening dam safety, improving flood resilience and supporting long-term water security for communities across south-central Saskatchewan."Buffalo Pound Dam plays a vital role in supporting communities, industry a
  
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• Crop Report for the Period October 6 to October 12, 2026

  16-10-2026 13:04 via farms.com
  Producers continue to harvest remaining crop and complete fall fieldwork; however, rain and snow over the weekend slowed these activities in many areas of the province. Producers remain hopeful that favourable conditions will allow them to return to the field before winter.Provincially, harvest is 93 per cent complete. The southwest and west-central regions are the most advanced at 98 and 97 per cent complete, followed by the east-central and northwest regions at 91 per cent. The northeast and s
  
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• Forest fires in southwest Montana impact ranchers

  16-10-2026 12:59 via farms.com
  Ranching in Montana’s upper Grasshopper Valley at just under 7,000 feet of elevation is not for the faint of heart. Weather extremes and predator encroachment are just the tip of the iceberg, but for the past several years, the area has fought a somewhat unprecedented challenge – prolonged drought.“This drought has just been year after year after year. Rain is just a Band-Aid in our country. In southwest Montana, we depend on snowpack and we just haven’t gotten snow like
  
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• Free Webinar Series: Genetic Selection, Herd Vaccination and Mineral Nutrition

  16-10-2026 12:57 via farms.com
  Registration is now open for the Beef Cattle Research Council’s 2027 three-part winter webinar series.?Each session will dig into topics impacting a beef producer’s bottom line, including the value of genetic tools to inform breeding and selection decisions, herd vaccination and mineral nutrition.From DNA to DollarsJanuary 13, 2027, 7:00 PM MT/CSTSpeakers: Dr. Matt Spangler, Nebraska-Lincoln University, and Chelsey Siemens, Black Diamond AgroUnlock the power of genetics in your cow-c
  
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• Body Condition

  16-10-2026 12:55 via farms.com
  Optimum body condition = maximum production The productivity of beef cattle depends largely on the amount of fat they carry. A herd of cattle maintained in the right condition with an ideal layer of fat cover will breed back more efficiently and wean heavier calves than a herd of thin or over-fat cattle.What is body condition scoring? Body condition scoring (BCS) is a low cost, hands-on method to determine the condition (amount of fat cover) cattle have. This easy hands-on method is much more ac
  
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• Win Tickets to See Cows Come Home at the Hamilton Film Festival

  16-10-2026 12:48 via farms.com
  Farms.com is giving away five pairs of tickets to the Hamilton Film Festival screening of Cows Come Home, a new comedy series that celebrates farming, 4-H, competitive cow showing, and the humour of small-town life.
  
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• Pokémon Go for Cats Raises Pet Safety Concerns

  16-10-2026 12:36 via farms.com
  Experts are urging users of cat photography apps to prioritize animal welfare by recognizing signs of stress and following safe, respectful photography practices.
  
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• Mahindra and Clean Seed Unveil Zero-Till Seeding Solution

  16-10-2026 12:29 via farms.com
  Mahindra & Mahindra has begun production of the MaxSeeder, a zero-till, multi-crop precision seeder developed with Clean Seed Technologies to boost farm efficiency and curb stubble burning.
  
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• Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald to attend G7 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting and SIAL in Paris, after outreach in Brussels

  16-10-2026 12:25 via farms.com
  Federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald to attend G7 Agriculture Ministers' Meeting and SIAL in Paris, after outreach in Brussels
  
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• Women-Led Agriculture Businesses Get a Boost

  16-10-2026 12:24 via farms.com
  The Government of Canada is providing $628,501 to Agricultrices du Québec through the Women Entrepreneurship Strategy to help women in agriculture build, grow, and sustain their businesses.
  
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• USDA: How U.S. Corn and Soybean Farmers Compare to Brazil on Production Costs

  15-10-2026 19:34 via farms.com
  A new USDA Economic Research Service report highlights how Brazil's lower land costs and double-cropping systems are reshaping global competition in corn and soybeans.
  
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• anadian Tractor and Combine Sales Fall Sharply in September 2026. What It Says About Farmer Confidence

  15-10-2026 17:42 via farms.com
  Canadian farmers continue to show caution when it comes to major equipment purchases, new data reveals double-digit declines in tractor and combine sales during September.
  
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• An open fall may offer Manitoba farmers a chance to turn marginal acres into opportunity

  15-10-2026 16:17 via farms.com
  For Manitoba farmers looking for ways to get more from every acre, late fall can be the right time to tackle fields that consistently struggle to produce a profitable crop.Flood prone, weedy, saline areas can quietly eat into farm profitability year after year. Rather than continuing to apply crop inputs and fight with wet, saline acres that simply don’t pay, farmers can consider perennial forages as a longer-term solution.Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) is encouraging farmers to take advanta
  
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• Nine companies join program aimed at advancing Canadian food supply chain

  15-10-2026 16:13 via farms.com
  Canada’s opportunity to strengthen its economy and domestic food security by making more from what it grows is increasing, and companies from coast to coast are stepping up to help the country reach its full potential. Today, Protein Industries Canada announced the addition of nine new companies into its Strengthening the Canadian Supply Chain program, bringing new products to grocery store shelves and new benefits to consumers across the country.By making more from what we grow, Canada ha
  
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• USDA Makes Historic $3.3B Loan to Build Electric Generation Facility in Georgia

  15-10-2026 16:12 via farms.com
  Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a historic $3.3 billion loan to Oglethorpe Power Corporation to help finance its Smarr Combined-Cycle electric generating facility in Monroe County, Georgia, during a visit to the construction site. This new facility will deliver dependable, affordable power for generations while helping meet America’s growing energy needs.This loan is the largest ever delivered in the history of USDA Rural Development’s Rural Utilities
  
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• Aging farmers and the government want to save farms, but for many the cost is too high

  15-10-2026 16:10 via farms.com
  Dan Kuebler is out on a hot August morning on what used to be his farm.Kuebler grew fruits and vegetables on 30 acres in Ashland, Missouri, and for decades he sold his produce at the Columbia Farmers Market.“Ashland was a little, bitty, sleepy town in '77 when we bought it,” Kuebler said.Then, small towns in southern Boone County started becoming homes to those working in nearby Columbia or Jefferson City. Kuebler watched farmland on his 2-mile dead end road get sold and broken up in
  
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• Farm, fuel groups celebrate EPA exemption proposals

  15-10-2026 16:08 via farms.com
  Farmers and biofuel producers are celebrating a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to reallocate renewable fuel requirements from which small refineries received an exemption.The move ensures that renewable fuel blending standards set by the EPA are maintained after small refineries — that prove they would receive “disproportionate economic hardship” by complying with the renewable fuel standards — receive exemptions from EPA.At th
  
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• Drone Pilot Course Takes Flight This Fall

  15-10-2026 14:52 via farms.com
  A two-day training course in Iowa will help participants prepare for the FAA Remote Pilot exam through hands-on instruction, study materials, and practice testing.
  
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• Wisconsin Farmers Raise Concerns Over Power Lines

  15-10-2026 14:43 via farms.com
  Wisconsin farm leaders are raising concerns about proposed transmission projects, saying they could affect farmland, crop production, rural businesses, and thousands of landowners.
  
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