Now it's hunting with drones Friday, June 7, 2013 According to Modern Farmer magazine, based in Hudson, NY, hunters are using drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras to locate wild pigs and shoot them. A story featured Cy Brown and James Palmer, whom it described as "engineers and part-time airplane hobbyists in Louisiana who built what they call the 'dehogiflier.'" Palmer is described as "a crack shot" with a rifle equipped with a night vision scope that picks off the pigs after the drone locates them. The story says that, following some publicity in Time magazine in January, 20 farmers lined up to get the dehogiflier over their fields.It's cheaper than a helicopter at $1,000 an hour and the drone camera can see a pig through a vegetative canopy where a helicopter can't. This development suggests that the war against wild pigs has escalated. Farmers hate them because pigs tear up soybean, corn and rice crops virtually unchecked throughout the growing season. "Pig hunting is a free-for-all in Louisiana," the story goes on to say.Modern Farmer, which first published this year, bills itself as existing for the people who "make connections between what we eat, how we live, and the planet." BP Iowa ends 10-year lawsuit 'Ag gag' law passes in another U.S. state
Kody Blois appointed minister of agriculture in Carney’s cabinet Friday, March 14, 2025 Canada has a new minister of agriculture and rural economic development. Kody Blois, the Nova Scotia MP from Kings-Hants, received the appointment from new Prime Minister Mark Carney and was sworn in on March 14. Blois takes the ag portfolio from Lawrence MacAulay, who recently... Read this article online
Chinese Tariffs Are Squeezing Canadian Grain and Oilseeds Friday, March 14, 2025 By Aleah Harle, Farms.com Risk Management Intern On March 8, 2025, China announced steep retaliatory tariffs on $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural products in response to Canada’s October tariffs of 100% on Chinese EVs, and 25% on steel, and aluminum. These newly... Read this article online
Bayer introduces Vyconic soybeans in Canada Friday, March 14, 2025 Bayer is bringing a new soybean variety to Canadian farmers. Vyconic soybeans is a new trait technology providing growers with tolerance to multiple herbicide active ingredients. “It’s the industry’s first soybean trait to have herbicide tolerance to five different herbicides,” David... Read this article online
An eventful few days for Canadian ag Thursday, March 13, 2025 Canadian farmers found themselves on the receiving end of support from the federal government, tariff threats from the U.S. and the imposition of tariffs from another country in recent days. March 7 – Tariff Threat From America President Trump threatens tariffs against Canadian dairy and... Read this article online
Canada commits over $500 million to protect hog producers from African Swine Fever threat Thursday, March 13, 2025 The Canadian government is taking significant steps to protect rural communities and the pork industry from the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF). Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Lawrence MacAulay, revealed a funding commitment of up to $567.16 million to support... Read this article online