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
Prairie ag organizations join Global Agriculture Technology Exchange Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Three ag organizations from western Canada have announced their involvement to help position Canada as a world leader in cereal grains. Alberta Grains, the Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission and the Manitoba Crop Alliance are contributing more than $13 million towards the Global... Read this article online
Alistair MacGregor no longer federal NDP agriculture critic Wednesday, September 18, 2024 The federal NDP has a new agriculture critic. Richard Cannings, the MP for South Okanagan – West Kootenay, is stepping into the role after Alistair MacGregor, the MP for Cowichan-Malahat-Langford, is moving onto different responsibilities. “Big news today, as I have accepted new... Read this article online
Where could ag fit in the fall session of Parliament? Tuesday, September 17, 2024 MPs returned to Ottawa this week to begin the fall session of Parliament. With the NDP pulling out of its supply and confidence agreement with the Liberals, a federal election could be triggered at any time if a non-confidence vote passes in the House. The carbon tax, cost of living... Read this article online
BASF introduces Surtain herbicide for field corn growers Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Field corn growers in eastern Canada have a new crop protection product available to them. After about 10 years of research and trials, BASF has introduced Surtain, a residual herbicide for corn that combines PPO inhibitor saflufenacil (Group 14) and pyroxasulfone (Group 15) in a premix... Read this article online
Canada rail union launches court challenges to back-to-work order Monday, September 16, 2024 The union representing workers at Canada's two main rail companies said on Friday it had filed court challenges against rulings by the country's industrial labor board that forced them back to work,Reuters reported. On Saturday, the board accepted a request from the government to order... Read this article online