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AgrotechAn Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Carleton University team combines genomic, gene-expression and protein-interaction data with machine learning to find the many small-effect genes behind resistance to Sclerotinia.
AgrotechSpornado has 1,600 samplers in 25 countries and tests for 35 pathogens, BioScout images spores with AI and Paramoria builds Prairie thresholds from scratch, but none can yet give a validated spray-or-don't-spray call; Spornado aims to by 2027.
Agrologist Rob Saik and Maverick Ag's Taylor Phillips say AI's present value on Canadian farms is in gathering information, playing devil's advocate and clearing administration, one producer cut chemical costs by nearly $1 million this year, even though an FCC/Deloitte report found only 1.8% of ag
The St. Mary River Irrigation District is replacing the 1950s west dam of its largest reservoir, with a 50% capacity expansion planned, general manager David Westwood told Alberta Crop Diagnostic Day; since 1969 districts, the province and the Canada Infrastructure Bank have put over $1 billion into
